Etymology

guidance

guid·ance
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Today it means: The act or process of guiding. Full definition →

English guide ← Middle English guide ← Old French guide
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéydeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*wītaną
  4. Frankish*wītan
  5. Old Occitanguidar
  6. Old Occitanguida
  7. Old Frenchguide
  8. Middle Englishguide
  9. Englishguide
  10. English todayguidance

From guide + -ance. First attested in the 16th century. Displaced Old English lādtēowdōm.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.