Etymology

siding

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Today it means: A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building. Full definition →

English side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde
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siding · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  4. Old Englishsīde
  5. Middle Englishside
  6. Englishside
  7. English todaysiding

From side + -ing (“material, collection”).

siding · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  4. Old Englishsīde
  5. Middle Englishside
  6. Englishside
  7. English todaysiding

From side + -ing (“derivative noun, having the quality of”).

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