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Where does “dockside” come from?

Dockside combines English dock from Middle Dutch docke and English side from Old English sīde, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots dʰew- and sek-.

dockside (English): The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship

Definitions

  1. The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship

Ancestry of “dockside”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdockAny of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants...
2Dutchdokdock
3Middle Dutchdockea doll; channel
4Italiandocciashower; drainpipe; plaster cast
5Italiandoccionespout ; gargoyle
6Latinductiō—
7Latin-tiō—
8Latindissertātiō—
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “dockside”

  • docksider
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