Where does “myside bias” come from?
myside bias (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.
myside bias (English): confirmation bias
Definitions
- confirmation bias
Ancestry of “myside bias”, step by step
myside bias 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... |
| 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 my
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | my | First-person singular possessive determiner. See... |
| 2 | Middle English | my | Alternative form of mi |
| 3 | Middle English | mi | First-person singular genitive determiner: my |
| 4 | Middle English | min | First-person singular genitive determiner: my;... |
| 5 | Old English | mīn | my, mine |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mīn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mīnaz | my, mine; 1st person singular possessive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méynos | my; mine |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mei | to fix, to build fortifications or fences |