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Where does “backside” come from?

Backside combines English back with Old English sīde, which derives from Old Swedish nattbakka, ultimately tracing through Latin bassus and Ancient Greek βάσις to Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, meaning a base or foundation.

backside (English): The back side of anything, the part opposite its...

Definitions

  1. The back side of anything, the part opposite its...

Ancestry of “backside”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbackNear the rear; Not current; Far from the main...
2Frenchbacferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A...
3Frenchbaccalauréatbaccalaureat; bachelor's degree
4Medieval Latinbaccalaureatusbachelor's degree
5Latinbaccalaureusbachelor
6Latinlaurealaurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of...
7Latinlauruslaurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel
8English-aceousOf, relating to, resembling or containing the...
9Latin-āceus—
10Latin-āx—
11Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
12Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
13Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
14Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “backside”

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