Etymology

landside

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Today it means: Inland; away from the sea. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*landą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*land
  4. Old Englishland
  5. Middle Englishlond
  6. Englishland
  7. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  8. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  9. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  10. Old Englishsīde
  11. Middle Englishside
  12. Englishside
  13. English todaylandside

From land + -side.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.