Where does “guider” come from?

guider (English) comes from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.

guider (English): One who guides

Definitions

  1. One who guides

Ancestry of “guider”, step by step

guider traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Guide

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

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via Middle English gider

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgider

Words derived from “guider

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-
guider — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer