Meaning

noun someone employed to conduct others

noun someone who shows the way by leading or advising

noun something that offers basic information or instruction

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Germanic *wītaną Frankish *wītanbor. Old Occitan guidar Old Occitan guidabor. Old French guidebor. Middle English guide English guide 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…

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