What Does The Word Pirate Mean? – The Fact a Day – #110

Fact #110

Overview:
In today’s fact we learn about Pirates! Mr. Toes teaches us about where the word pirate came from, and Mr. Toes tells a swash-pickling tale of the high seas.

The Fact a Day:
Did you know that…The word pirate comes from the Latin term “pirata” which means sailor or sea robber and from the Greek word “peirates” which means “one who attacks ships”.

Fact References:

1. https://www.factinate.com/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/
3. https://languages.oup.com/
4. https://www.dictionary.com/
5. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
6. https://www.visualthesaurus.com/