Where does “gide” come from?
gide (Danish) comes from French guider, from Italian guidare, from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan — to see.
gide (Danish): to be bothered (to)
Definitions
- to be bothered (to)
Ancestry of “gide”, step by step
gide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French guider
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | guider | to guide |
| 2 | Italian | guidare | to guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to... |
| 3 | English | Guide | OS grid ref SD7025 |
| 4 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 5 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 6 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 7 | Occitan | guidar | to guide, to lead |
| 8 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |