Where does “aéronaute” come from?

aéronaute (French) comes from French -naute, from Ancient Greek ναύτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

aéronaute (French): aeronaut

Definitions

  1. aeronaut

Ancestry of “aéronaute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-naute-naut
2Ancient Greekναύτηςsailor, seaman; companion at sea
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “aéronaute”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →