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Where does “autoguidato” come from?

autoguidato (Italian) comes from Italian guidato, from Italian guidare, from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan — to see.

autoguidato (Italian): guided; self-driving; self-guided

Definitions

  1. guided; self-driving; self-guided

Ancestry of “autoguidato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianguidatopast participle of guidare
2Italianguidareto guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to...
3EnglishGuide—
4Middle Englishguide—
5Old Frenchguidea guide
6Occitanguida—
7Occitanguidar—
8Frankishwītanto show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame
9Proto-Germanic*witaną—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
11Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →