English

guideboard

From guide + board.

A compound of guide + board

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Old Occitan guidar

Old Occitan guida

Old French guide ‘a guide’

Middle English guide

English guide

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A board, as upon a guidepost bearing road directions.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / guideboard