Borrowed from Koine Greek περιηγητής ("a writer of periegesis"), from Ancient Greek περι- ("[[peri-, prefix meaning ‘around, surrounding’") + ἡγητής (from ἡγέομαι + -τής), from περιηγεῖσθαι.
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