Etymology

islandwide

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Today it means: Extending throughout an island. Full definition →

English wide ← Old English wīd ← Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Germanic*awjō
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  4. Proto-Germanic*landą
  5. Proto-Germanic*awjōlandą
  6. Proto-West Germanic*auwjuland
  7. Old Englishīeġland
  8. Middle Englishilond
  9. Englishiland
  10. Englishisland
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
  16. Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
  17. Old Englishwīd
  18. Englishwide
  19. English todayislandwide

From island + -wide.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.