Where does “dikeside” come from?
dikeside (English) comes from English Side, from Middle English side, from Old English sīde, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Medieval Latin sida, from Late Latin seta, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic saitā — to satiate, satisfy.
dikeside (English): Located beside a dike
Definitions
- Located beside a dike
Ancestry of “dikeside”, step by step
dikeside 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 Dikê
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dikê | The goddess personifying the principle of justice |
| 2 | English | diagonal cutters | A cutting tool consisting of a pair of pliers with the working face being a pair of tapered, diagonal edges |
| 3 | English | diagonal | Joining two nonadjacent vertices; Having slanted... |
| 4 | Middle French | diagonal | — |
| 5 | Latin | diagōnālis | diagonal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαγώνιος | from angle to angle |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |