pilot

Pronunciation: /ˈpilɔt/

“pilot” is an Indonesian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

aviator, pilot: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”).

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