Etymology

-side

Today it means: Forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object. Full definition →

English side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  4. Old Englishsīde
  5. Middle Englishside
  6. Englishside
  7. English today-side

From side.

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