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Vinony

guy

verb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L331871 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. young male
  2. adult male human
L4112 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡaɪ/ / /ɡæ/ / [ɡaɪ]

name

Etymology: For places which could be from either etymology above.

  1. A place in the United States:
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A hamlet in the Municipal District of Smoky River, No. 130, Alberta, Canada.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Frankish *Widōbor. Medieval Latin *Widō Old French Guibor. English Guy From Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz; see for example modern German Witold and Old Saxon Widukind. Cognate with Italian Guido and thus a doublet of Guido. More at wood.

  1. An effigy of Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night

verb

Etymology: From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”), from Frankish *wītan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“know”). Cognate with English guide.

  1. To equip with a support cable.