Etymology

stateside

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Today it means: In or of the United States. Full definition →

English side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
  3. Proto-Italic*status
  4. Latinstatu
  5. Old Frenchestat
  6. Middle Englishstat
  7. Englishstate
  8. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  9. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  10. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  11. Old Englishsīde
  12. Middle Englishside
  13. Englishside
  14. English todaystateside

From state + -side.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.