Where does “guidingly” come from?
guidingly (English) comes from English guiding, 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.
guidingly (English): So as to guide
Ancestry of “guidingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | guiding | present participle of guide; Guidance; Girl... |
| 2 | English | guide | Someone who guides, especially someone hired to... |
| 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 |