Where does “guidress” come from?
guidress (English) comes from English guider, 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.
guidress (English): A female guide
Definitions
- A female guide
Ancestry of “guidress”, step by step
guidress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guider
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guider | One who guides |
| 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 |