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English word guide comes from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (To have seen, to know.)

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*wóyde (Proto-Indo-European)

To have seen, to know.

*wītaną (Proto-Germanic)

To go; go forth; part. To punish; torment. To see; know.

*witaną (Proto-Germanic)

To know.

*witan (Frankish)

*guider (Old French)

giden (Middle English)

guide (English)

(military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.. (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.. (printing, dated) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy being set.. A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.. A device that guides part of a machine, [...]

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