pilot; lodesman (person who helps navigate a difficult waterway) · air traffic controller · guide
çekim: çoğul Lotsen · tamlayan Lotsen
eş: Gastkapitän, Pilot
köken: Shortened from earlier Lootsmann, which is borrowed via Middle Low German lōtsman from Middle English lodesman (“pilot”), cognate with English lode (“waterway”). Compare Dutch loods from the same source.
köken: From Latin practicus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or relating to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”).
köken: Ellipsis of lotsman, from Middle Low German lōtsman, from Middle English lodesman (“pilot”). Cognate with English lode (“waterway”), German Lotse, Dutch loods.