Etymology

sidestep

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Today it means: A step to the side. Full definition →

English step ← Middle English steppen ← Old English stæppan
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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-Germanic*stapiz
  8. Proto-Germanic*stappōnąbf.
  9. Proto-Germanic*stapjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
  11. Old Englishstæppan
  12. Middle Englishsteppen
  13. Englishstep
  14. English todaysidestep

From side + step.

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