Where does “microwaveguide” come from?
microwaveguide (English) comes from English waveguide, 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.
microwaveguide (English): A microwave waveguide
Definitions
- A microwave waveguide
Ancestry of “microwaveguide”, step by step
microwaveguide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English waveguide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | waveguide | A structure which guides waves, such as... |
| 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 |