Where does “pilotage” come from?
Pilotage comes from Middle French pilotage, derived from pilot (from Italian piloto, ultimately from Latin -aticus and -icus suffixes with Proto-Indo-European origins in -kos and -eh₂tos).
pilotage (English): The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or...
Definitions
- The use of landmarks to guide a vessel or...
Ancestry of “pilotage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -age | forming nouns with the sense of collection or... |
| 2 | Middle English | -age | Forms nouns indicating a right or relationship;... |
| 3 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -āticum | — |