Where does “파일럿” come from?

파일럿 (Korean) comes from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, from Italian piloto, from Latin pillottus.

파일럿 (Korean): pilot

Definitions

  1. pilot

Ancestry of “파일럿”, 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 →