Etymology

blindside

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Today it means: A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver. Full definition →

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

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

From blind + side.

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