Where does “guide” come from?
Guide comes from Middle English guiden, from Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida and guidar, traced to Proto-Germanic wītaną and ultimately Proto-Indo-European weyd-.
guide (English): Someone who guides, especially someone hired to...
Definitions
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to...
Ancestry of “guide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 2 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 3 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 4 | Occitan | guidar | — |
| 5 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “guide”