Where does “ghida” come from?
ghida (Romanian) comes from French guider, 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.
ghida (Romanian): to guide
Ancestry of “ghida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | guider | to guide |
| 2 | Italian | guidare | to guide, lead, show, escort; to manage, run; to... |
| 3 | English | Guide | — |
| 4 | Middle English | guide | — |
| 5 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 6 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 7 | Occitan | guidar | — |
| 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 |