Guide, Entymology 1
Etymology 1
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”).