Etymology

sidewalk

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Today it means: A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians. Full definition →

English walk ← 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. Englishwalk
  8. English todaysidewalk

From side + walk.

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