pioneeryoudaoicibaDictYouDict[pioneer 词源字典]
pioneer: [16] Pioneer was borrowed from French pionnier, a descendant of Old French paonier. This originally denoted a ‘foot soldier sent on ahead to clear the way’, and was a derivative of paon ‘foot soldier’ (whose Anglo-Norman version poun gave English pawn).
=> foot, pawn, pedal[pioneer etymology, pioneer origin, 英语词源]
pioneer (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1520s, "foot soldier who prepares the way for the army," from Middle French pionnier "foot-soldier, pioneer," from Old French paonier "foot-soldier" (11c.), from peon (see pawn (n.2)). Figurative sense of "person who goes first or does something first" is from c. 1600. Related: Pioneers.
pioneer (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1780, from pioneer (n.). Related: Pioneered; pioneering.