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GuideEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴德 /贵德 (Guìdé).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗GuideEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 歸德 /归德.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗guideEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *wéydeti 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 Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗guideEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *wéydeti Proto-Germanic *wītaną Frankish *wītanbor. Old Occitan guidarbor. Old French guiderbor. Middle English guiden English guide From Middle English guiden, from Old French guider, from Old Occitan 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”).
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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
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noun · verbcontrarian claim
clew
A ball of thread, a nautical corner or line, and the older spelling behind clue.
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clue
A fact that guides discovery—once literally a ball of thread.
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direct
To guide, aim, command, or proceed without deviation or intermediary; continuing Latin dīrēctus and dīrigere through distinct medieval channels.
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intelligent
Having or showing understanding, judgment, or mental capacity; borrowed from the Latin participle of intellegere.
OPEN THE FULL LINEAGE ↗noundossier summary
rule
A guide, standard, exercise of authority, or measuring straightedge; borrowed through French from Latin rēgula.
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
clue
a fact that guides a solution
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- 17th c.–today
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
direct
guide, aim, command, straight, immediate
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- 14th century–today
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Middle English / Indo-European
directen
guide, address, point, direct
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Anglo-French / Indo-European
directer
direct, guide
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Latin / Indo-European
dīrigere
set straight, direct, guide
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intelligent
having or showing understanding, judgment, or mental capacity; later also computer-guided
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Middle English / Indo-European
reule
guide for proper action; rule
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Anglo-French / Indo-European
reule
guide, rule
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
rule
guide, standard, authority, or measuring straightedge
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- 13th century–today
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RANK 109GRADE Aranked reveal
Direct is a straight-line word before it is an immediacy word.
Latin dīrigere combines dī-/dis- with regere, to guide or lead straight; its participle dīrēctus supplies the straightened form behind English.
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A clue was a ball of thread.
The literal clew could guide someone through a maze; only later did clue become the dominant spelling for evidence that guides reasoning.
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