English

guiderail

From guide + rail.

A compound of guide + rail

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

Middle English rail

English rail

Today it means

noun Synonym of guardrail.

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

Etymograph / guiderail