Where does “kamikazepilot” come from?

kamikazepilot (Swedish) comes from Swedish pilot, 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.

kamikazepilot (Swedish): a kamikaze pilot

Definitions

  1. a kamikaze pilot

Ancestry of “kamikazepilot”, step by step

kamikazepilot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish pilot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpilota pilot
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

via Swedish kamikaze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkamikazekamikaze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-
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