Etymology

kingside

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Today it means: The side of the chessboard nearest to the king (at the opening position). Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kunją
  3. Proto-Germanic*kuningaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kuning
  5. Old Englishcyning
  6. Middle Englishking
  7. Englishking
  8. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  9. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  10. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  11. Old Englishsīde
  12. Middle Englishside
  13. Englishside
  14. English todaykingside

From king + side.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.