Peto

See also: peto

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• English habitational surname of Anglo-Norman origin for someone from Poitou, in France.
• Borrowed from Hungarian Pető, a pet form of the personal name Péter.

Proper noun

Peto (plural Petos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Peto is the 37848^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Peto is most common among White (92.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Peto”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Finnish

Etymology

< peto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeto/, [ˈpe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation^(key): Pe‧to

Proper noun

Peto

1. (biblical) Beast (character in the Apocalypse)

Declension

Inflection of Peto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		Peto	—
genitive		Pedon	—
partitive		Petoa	—
illative		Petoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Peto	—
accusative	nom.	Peto	—
	gen.	Pedon
genitive		Pedon	—
partitive		Petoa	—
inessive		Pedossa	—
elative		Pedosta	—
illative		Petoon	—
adessive		Pedolla	—
ablative		Pedolta	—
allative		Pedolle	—
essive		Petona	—
translative		Pedoksi	—
abessive		Pedotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Peto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Petoni — accusative nom. Petoni — gen. Petoni genitive Petoni — partitive Petoani — inessive Pedossani — elative Pedostani — illative Petooni — adessive Pedollani — ablative Pedoltani — allative Pedolleni — essive Petonani — translative Pedokseni — abessive Pedottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Petosi — accusative nom. Petosi — gen. Petosi genitive Petosi — partitive Petoasi — inessive Pedossasi — elative Pedostasi — illative Petoosi — adessive Pedollasi — ablative Pedoltasi — allative Pedollesi — essive Petonasi — translative Pedoksesi — abessive Pedottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Petomme — accusative nom. Petomme — gen. Petomme genitive Petomme — partitive Petoamme — inessive Pedossamme — elative Pedostamme — illative Petoomme — adessive Pedollamme — ablative Pedoltamme — allative Pedollemme — essive Petonamme — translative Pedoksemme — abessive Pedottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Petonne — accusative nom. Petonne — gen. Petonne genitive Petonne — partitive Petoanne — inessive Pedossanne — elative Pedostanne — illative Petoonne — adessive Pedollanne — ablative Pedoltanne — allative Pedollenne — essive Petonanne — translative Pedoksenne — abessive Pedottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Petonsa — accusative nom. Petonsa — gen. Petonsa genitive Petonsa — partitive Petoaan Petoansa — inessive Pedossaan Pedossansa — elative Pedostaan Pedostansa — illative Petoonsa — adessive Pedollaan Pedollansa — ablative Pedoltaan Pedoltansa — allative Pedolleen Pedollensa — essive Petonaan Petonansa — translative Pedokseen Pedoksensa — abessive Pedottaan Pedottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• opet

Ingrian

Etymology

From Petteri (“Peter”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpeto/, [ˈpe̞to̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpetoi̯/, [ˈpe̞d̥o̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -eto, -etoi̯
• Hyphenation: Pe‧to

Proper noun

Peto

1. a diminutive of the male given name Petteri

Declension

Declension of Peto (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	Peto	Petot
genitive	Peton	Pettoin, Petoloin
partitive	Pettoa	Petoja, Petoloja
illative	Pettoo	Pettoi, Petoloihe
inessive	Petos	Petois, Petolois
elative	Petost	Petoist, Petoloist
allative	Petolle	Petoille, Petoloille
adessive	Petol	Petoil, Petoloil
ablative	Petolt	Petoilt, Petoloilt
translative	Petoks	Petoiks, Petoloiks
essive	Petonna, Pettoon	Petoinna, Petoloinna, Pettoin, Petoloin
exessive1)	Petont	Petoint, Petoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• petonsääri

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 393