## Meanings
1. A man or boy (informal).
2. People in a group, used to address them informally.
3. A thing or item you point to instead of naming it (informal).

## Examples
- He's a really nice guy.
- Hey guys, are you ready to go?
- This little guy here controls the volume.

## Derived Forms
- cis-guy
- cisguy
- demiguy
- doomguy
- everyguy
- fall-guy
- guy-friend
- guy-wire
- guybrows
- guydom
- guyhood
- guyish

## Related Forms
- wyatt

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁weydʰh₁-
- Root: Gui
- Root: *Wido
- Root: *widuz

## Etymology
Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, from Old French Gui, a form of Proto-Germanic *Wido, a short form of names beginning with the element witu "wood" from Proto-Germanic *widuz, such as Witold and Widukind. Cognate with Italian Guido.

## AI Etymology
Guy was coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, from Old French Gui, a form of Proto-Germanic *Wido, a short form of names beginning with the element witu "wood" from Proto-Germanic *widuz, such as Witold and Widukind. Cognate with Italian Guido. The historical line also includes *h₁weydʰh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “A man or boy (informal)” and “People in a group, used to address them informally”.

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