The name Kubernetes originates from Greek, meaning helmsman or pilot, also known as k8s. Google open-sourced the Kubernetes project in 2014 and donated the Kubernetes project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in 2015. Kubernetes originated from a Google's project called borg. Borg was the predecessor to Kubernetes, and Kubernetes combines over 15 years of Google's experience running production workloads at scale with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community.