Where does “Drohnenpilot” come from?

Drohnenpilot (German) comes from German Pilot, from Italian pilota, from Latin pedota, from Ancient Greek πηδόν, from Ancient Greek πούς, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

Drohnenpilot (German): drone pilot, drone operator

Definitions

  1. drone pilot, drone operator

Ancestry of “Drohnenpilot”, step by step

Drohnenpilot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pilot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPilotpilot one who steers an aircraft
2Italianpilotapilot; driver; third-person singular present...
3Latinpedota
4Ancient Greekπηδόνoar; blade of an oar, oar
5Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via German Drohne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDrohnedrone; sponger, parasite
2Middle Low Germandrōne
3Old Saxondrāna
4Proto-West Germanicdrānudrone, male bee
5Proto-Germanicdrēnuzmale bee or wasp; drone
6Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₁n-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-