Etymology

sideshow

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Today it means: A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival. Full definition →

English show ← 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. Englishshow
  8. English todaysideshow

From side + show.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.