Where does “pailot” come from?

pailot (Tok Pisin) comes from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, from Italian piloto, from Latin pillottus.

pailot (Tok Pisin): pilot

Definitions

  1. pilot

Ancestry of “pailot”, 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 →Every word from Italian piloto →Every word from Middle French pilot →