Where does “guider” come from?
guider (French) comes from Italian guidare, 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.
guider (French): to guide
Definitions
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Ancestry of “guider”, step by step
guider traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian guidare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | guidare | to guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to... |
| 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 |