Where does “guidelineless” come from?
guidelineless (English) comes from English guideline, from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną — to see.
guidelineless (English): Without a guideline
Definitions
- Without a guideline
Ancestry of “guidelineless”, step by step
guidelineless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guideline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guideline | A non-specific rule or principle that provides... |
| 2 | English | Guide | OS grid ref SD7025 |
| 3 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 4 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 5 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 6 | Occitan | guidar | to guide, to lead |
| 7 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |