Where does “unguidable” come from?
unguidable (English) comes from English guidable, 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.
unguidable (English): That cannot be guided
Ancestry of “unguidable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | guidable | Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or... |
| 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 |
Words derived from “unguidable”