Etymology

side-eye

Today it means: A sidelong look, particularly of animosity, judgment, or suspicion. Full definition →

English eye ← Middle English eye ← Old English ēage
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  4. Old Englishsīde
  5. Middle Englishside
  6. Englishside
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*augô
  9. Proto-West Germanic*augā
  10. Old Englishēage
  11. Middle Englisheye
  12. Englisheye
  13. English todayside-eye

From side + eye.

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