Where does “パイロット” come from?

パイロット (Japanese) comes from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, from Italian piloto, from Latin pillottus.

パイロット (Japanese): pilot (of a plane)

Definitions

  1. pilot (of a plane)

Ancestry of “パイロット”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpilotA person who steers a ship, a helmsman; A person...
2Middle Frenchpilotstake
3Italianpilotofirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Latinpillottus—
Every word from Latin pillottus →