Etymology

onsite

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Today it means: On or at a site. Full definition →

English site ← Middle English site ← Anglo-Norman site
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishon
  6. Englishon
  7. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  11. Proto-Italic*sinō
  12. Latinsinō
  13. Latinsitus
  14. Anglo-Normansite
  15. Middle Englishsite
  16. Englishsite
  17. English todayonsite

From on + site.

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