Where does “baiļat” come from?

baiļat (Marshallese) comes from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, from Italian piloto, from Latin pillottus.

baiļat (Marshallese): pilot of an aircraft or vessel

Definitions

  1. pilot of an aircraft or vessel

Ancestry of “baiļat”, 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