Where does “autoguidovia” come from?
autoguidovia (Italian) comes from Italian guidovia, 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.
Ancestry of “autoguidovia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | guidovia | public transport service, no longer in use, consisting of buses with special tires rolling on two cement concrete rails |
| 2 | Italian | guidare | to guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to... |
| 3 | English | Guide | OS grid ref SD7025 |
| 4 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 5 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 6 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 7 | Occitan | guidar | to guide, to lead |
| 8 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |