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pilota

Meaning

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
pi‧lò‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/piˈlɔ.ta/
Etymology

From earlier pedota, pedotta, from Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “oarblade, oar”). The pil- forms are probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”).

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