Etymology

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Today it means: To or on one side so as to be out of the way. Full definition →

Middle English aside ← Old English on sīdan
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  1. Old English · derived fromon sīdan
  2. Middle English · derived fromon side
  3. Middle English · inherited fromaside
  4. English todayaside

From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- + side. Compare beside.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.