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Where does “piloti” come from?

piloti (English) comes from French pilotis, from French -is, from Old French -eiz, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

piloti (English): One of the columns, pillars, or stilts that lift...

Definitions

  1. One of the columns, pillars, or stilts that lift...

Ancestry of “piloti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpilotispiloti
2French-isSuffix forming the first-person singular present...
3Old French-eiz—
4Latin-icius-itious
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
7Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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