English

guideparent

From guide + parent.

A compound of guide + parent

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-Indo-European *perh₃- ‘to produce, beget’

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Latin parēns ‘parent’

Latin parentem

Anglo-Norman parent

Middle English parent

Today it means

noun A person who, at a child's naming ceremony, agrees to help raise the child (especially in a non-religious setting)

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

Etymograph / guideparent