Etymology

courtside

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Today it means: Alongside the court of play. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰer-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʰórtos
  6. Proto-Italic*hortosder.?
  7. Proto-Italic*horti-
  8. Latincohors
  9. Latincōrs
  10. Old Frenchcort
  11. Middle Englishcourt
  12. Englishcourt
  13. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  14. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  15. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  16. Old Englishsīde
  17. Middle Englishside
  18. Englishside
  19. English todaycourtside

From court + -side.

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