Where does “autopiloto” come from?

autopiloto (Spanish) comes from Spanish piloto, from Italian pilota, from Latin pedota, from Ancient Greek πηδόν, from Ancient Greek πούς, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

autopiloto (Spanish): autopilot

Definitions

  1. autopilot

Ancestry of “autopiloto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpilotopilot; driver; flashing light
2Italianpilotapilot; driver; third-person singular present...
3Latinpedota
4Ancient Greekπηδόνoar; blade of an oar, oar
5Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-