"Peto" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Petos [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{bor|en|hu|Pető}} Hungarian Pető Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Peto (plural Petos)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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