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[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Now everything make sense. In spanish, "Peter" is "Pedro", that sounds like "Piedra", that means "Rock"

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 3 weeks ago

omg, in french Peter is translated to Pierre which also means "rock"! i always assumed that was a coincidence

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

See also 'petrify' (make into rock) and 'petroleum' (rock fat)

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The female for "Pedro" is "Petra", what make it more obvious, and also "Petronila" is a woman name, that comes from "Petroleum"

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’d be fucking mad if my parents named me after petroleum

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

"The name's Diesel now"

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Late XX century in Mexico, were pretty common name your child based in their born date. So, there are so much woman called "Petronila" because were born in March 18th

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I take it back, that’s a cool tradition