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