guiar

Meaning

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to guide
to lead, to conduct
to show the way
to drive, to steer
to train (plants)
to advise, to counsel, to guide
to sprout (of plants)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

guiar, gui‧ar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡjaɾ/

Cognate with Portuguese

Cognate with French

Cognate with Old French

Cognate with Old Provençal

Cognate with Italian

Cognate with English

In summary

Probably from Old Occitan guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), possibly through a Medieval Latin intermediate. Compare Portuguese guiar, French guider (Old French guier), Old Occitan guidar, Italian guidare, English guide.