The English word “pirate” is derived from the Latin pirata (“pirate, corsair, sea robber”), which comes from Greek (peiratēs), “brigand”, from (peiráomai), “I attempt”, from (peîra), “attempt, experience”. The meaning of the Greek word peiratēs literally is “anyone who attempts something”. Over time it came to be used of anyone who engaged in robbery or […]
