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→ Latin: petra (see there for further descendants)
References
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πέτρᾱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1182
οποία πέτρα κι αν σηκώσεις, τον βρίσκεις από κάτω(opoía pétra ki an sikóseis, ton vrískeis apó káto, “of people who are ubiquitous”)(literally: "whichever stone you pick up, you find him underneath")