Where does “كيدون” come from?
كيدون (North Levantine Arabic) comes from French guidon, 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.
كيدون (North Levantine Arabic): handlebars
Definitions
- handlebars
Ancestry of “كيدون”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | guidon | handlebar; guidon |
| 2 | French | guider | to guide |
| 3 | Italian | guidare | to guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to... |
| 4 | English | Guide | OS grid ref SD7025 |
| 5 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 6 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 7 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 8 | Occitan | guidar | to guide, to lead |
| 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 |