guide

guide · noun¹

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. English todayguide

c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.

guide · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
2. Proto-Indo-European*wéydeti
3. Proto-Germanic*wītaną
4. Frankish*wītan
5. Old Occitanguidar
6. Old Frenchguider
7. Middle Englishguiden
8. English todayguide

From Middle English guiden, from Old French guider, from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

Guide · proper noun³

1. Mandarin · borrowed from貴德 /贵德
2. English todayGuide

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴德 /贵德 (Guìdé).

Guide · proper noun⁴

1. Mandarin · borrowed from歸德 /归德
2. English todayGuide

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 歸德 /归德.

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