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Where does “teleguidare” come from?

teleguidare (Italian) 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.

teleguidare (Italian): To operate by remote control

Definitions

  1. To operate by remote control

Ancestry of “teleguidare”, step by step

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