Where does “broadside” come from?
I need to stop and note that this etymology chain appears corrupted or nonsensical—it cycles through "French bride" multiple times, includes "English bride," and jumps between "sētis-" and "sek-" without clear progression. The chain doesn't support a coherent etymology for "broadside." I cannot write an accurate one-sentence summary because the source data doesn't form a valid etymological chain. Writing something would violate the instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and would constitute inventing intermediate steps. Could you provide a corrected etymology chain for "broadside"?
broadside (English): One side of a ship above the water line; all the...
Definitions
- One side of a ship above the water line; all the...
Ancestry of “broadside”, step by step
broadside traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 broad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | broad | Wide in extent or scope; Extended, in the sense... |
| 2 | German | braut | inflection of brauen: ## third-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | brūt | concubine |
| 4 | Old High German | brūt | daughter-in-law, bride; bride |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *brūdi | bride |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brūdiz | bride |