Where does “pilot” come from?

pilot (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French pilote, from Italian piloto, from Latin pillottus.

pilot (Norwegian Nynorsk): pilot (controller of an aircraft)

Definitions

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

Ancestry of “pilot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpilotepilot; first-person singular present indicative...
2Italianpilotofirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Latinpillottus—

Words derived from “pilot”

Every word from Latin pillottus →Every word from Italian piloto →Every word from French pilote →