Etymology

guyed

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Today it means: Fitted with or attached to a guy. Full definition →

English guy ← Old French Gui ← Medieval Latin *Widō
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guyed · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
  6. Proto-Germanic*widuz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*widu
  8. Frankish*Widō
  9. Medieval Latin*Widō
  10. Old FrenchGui
  11. EnglishGuy (Fawkes)
  12. Englishguy
  13. English todayguyed

From guy (“a wire or stay”) + -ed.

guyed · verb2

See guy (verb).

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