Etymology

sideman

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Today it means: A soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular member. Full definition →

English side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde
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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. English todaysideman

From side + -man.

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