Where does “misguidance” come from?
misguidance (English) comes from English guidance, 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.
misguidance (English): Bad guidance
Definitions
- Bad guidance
Ancestry of “misguidance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guidance | The act or process of guiding; Advice or... |
| 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 |