Where does “-wide” come from?

-wide (English) comes from English wide, from Old English wīd, from Proto-Germanic wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weydʰh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European dwi-, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

-wide (English): Throughout the specified area

Definitions

  1. Throughout the specified area

Ancestry of “-wide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwideHaving a large physical extent from side to side;...
2Old Englishwīdwide, vast, broad, long; distant, far
3Proto-Germanicwīdazwide; broad
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weydʰh₁osset apart, asunder, in two
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwi-two; apart, asunder
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “-wide”

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