Etymology

many-sided

Today it means: Having many sides; polygonal Full definition →

English side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde
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  1. Englishmany
  2. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  5. Old Englishsīde
  6. Middle Englishside
  7. Englishside
  8. English todaymany-sided

From many + side + -ed.

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