Where does “teleguidance” come from?
teleguidance (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.
teleguidance (English): Remote guidance, as of a missile or spacecraft
Definitions
- Remote guidance, as of a missile or spacecraft
Ancestry of “teleguidance”, step by step
teleguidance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guidance
| 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 |