Where does “peilot” come from?

peilot (Welsh) comes from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, from Italian piloto, from Latin pillottus.

peilot (Welsh): pilot (of a ship), helmsman

Definitions

  1. pilot (of a ship), helmsman

Ancestry of “peilot”, 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 →