Where does “pilot” come from?
pilot (Middle French) comes from Italian piloto, from Latin pillottus.
pilot (Middle French): stake
Ancestry of “pilot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | piloto | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | pillottus | — |
Words derived from “pilot”