Etymology

roadside

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Today it means: Located beside a road (or railway). Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*raidō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*raidu
  3. Old Englishrād
  4. Middle Englishrode
  5. Englishroad
  6. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  7. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  8. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  9. Old Englishsīde
  10. Middle Englishside
  11. Englishside
  12. English todayroadside

From road + -side.

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