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
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	—

Every word from Latin -āticum →