noun, masculine/feminine/aeɾoˈnauta/plural: aeronautas
aeronaut, airman, pilot
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρος (āéros)bor. French aéro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs)der. French -naute French aéronautebor. Spanish aeronauta Borrowed from French aéronaute. By surface analysis, aero- + -nauta.