Etymology

cityside

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Today it means: Working in the city. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  2. Proto-Italic*keiwis
  3. Latinceivis
  4. Latinceivitās
  5. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  6. Old Frenchcitet
  7. Middle Englishcite
  8. Englishcity
  9. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  10. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  11. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  12. Old Englishsīde
  13. Middle Englishside
  14. Englishside
  15. English todaycityside

From city + -side.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.