Where does “guidance” come from?

Guidance comes from English guide plus the suffix -ance from French, derived from Latin -antia, ultimately tracing through Old Occitan guida and guidar to Proto-Germanic wītaną and Proto-Indo-European weyd-.

guidance (English): The act or process of guiding; Advice or...

Definitions

  1. The act or process of guiding; Advice or...

Ancestry of “guidance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGuideOS grid ref SD7025
2Middle Englishguide—
3Old Frenchguidea guide
4Occitanguida—
5Occitanguidarto guide, to lead
6Frankishwītanto show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame
7Proto-Germanic*witaną—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “guidance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Germanic *witaną →