Where does “waveguide” come from?
Waveguide comes from English wave and English guide, with guide deriving from Middle English guide, Old English wafian, Old Occitan guida, and Old Occitan guidar.
waveguide (English): A structure which guides waves, such as...
Definitions
- A structure which guides waves, such as...
Ancestry of “waveguide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Guide | — |
| 2 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 3 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 4 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 5 | Occitan | guidar | — |
| 6 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “waveguide”