Where does “Deeside” come from?
Deeside (English) comes from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “Deeside”, step by step
Deeside traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 2 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 3 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 4 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 5 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 6 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Side
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Side | A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape |
| 2 | Middle English | side | custom |
| 3 | Old English | sīde | side, flank |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sīdā | side |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | sida | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | seta | Alternative form of saeta; hair, bristle; bristle |
| 7 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |
via English River Dee (Aberdeenshire)]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | River Dee (Aberdeenshire)]] | — |