Etymology

harbourside

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Today it means: An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc) Full definition →

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

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

From harbour + -side.

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