Meanings
- Forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object.
fireside (“next to a fire”), railside (“alongside a railway”)
- Forms adjectives and adverbs describing position in relation to a dividing line or other separation.
airside (“in the controlled part of an airport (as opposed to in the public part); to the controlled part of an airport”), planetside (“on a planet (as opposed to in space); to a planet”)
- Forms nouns describing the area alongside or around an object.
fireside (“the area next to a fire”), lockside (“the area surrounding a canal lock”)
- UKForms proper nouns naming the conurbation around a river.
Deeside, Humberside, Merseyside, Tameside, Teesside
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
- Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
- Old Englishsīde
- Middle Englishside
- Englishside
- English-side
From side.
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Cite this entry
-side. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-side
“-side.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-side. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-side,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-side.
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