pirat

Danish

/piraːt/

noun

Definitions

pirate (a criminal who plunders at sea)

Etymology

Derived from Latin pīrāta (pirate) derived from Ancient Greek πειρατής (pirate).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πειρατής

Gloss

pirate

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pirata Latin
pīrāta Latin
Pirat German
pirata Italian
pirata Spanish, Castilian
πειρατής Ancient Greek
πειρᾱτής Ancient Greek
πεῖρα Ancient Greek
*per- Proto-Indo-European
pirat Norwegian Bokmål
pirata Portuguese
pirat Norwegian Nynorsk
pirate Old French
pirat Serbo-Croatian
пират Serbo-Croatian
πειρατής Greek (modern)