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
Ancestry of “guidelineless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | guideline | A non-specific rule or principle that provides... |
| 2 | English | Guide | — |
| 3 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 4 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 5 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 6 | Occitan | guidar | — |
| 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 |