Where does “nanowaveguide” come from?
nanowaveguide (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.
nanowaveguide (English): A nanoscale waveguide
Ancestry of “nanowaveguide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | waveguide | A structure which guides waves, such as... |
| 2 | English | Guide | — |
| 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 |