Etymology

countryside

coun·try·side
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Today it means: An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area. Full definition →

English side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Vulgar Latin*(terra) contrāta
  9. Old Frenchcontree
  10. Middle Englishcontre
  11. Englishcountry
  12. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  13. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  14. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  15. Old Englishsīde
  16. Middle Englishside
  17. Englishside
  18. English todaycountryside

From country + -side.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.