Where does “gvidilo” come from?
gvidilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto gvidi, from French guider, from Italian guidare, from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar — to see.
gvidilo (Esperanto): guide
Ancestry of “gvidilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | gvidi | to guide, to lead; to conduct, to direct |
| 2 | French | guider | to guide |
| 3 | Italian | guidare | to guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to... |
| 4 | English | Guide | — |
| 5 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 6 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 7 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 8 | Occitan | guidar | — |
| 9 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |