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Where does “aside” come from?
aside (Middle English) comes from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan.
Ancestry of “aside”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle English
on side
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2
Old English
on sīdan
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Words derived from “aside”
aside
setaside
lookaside
asideness
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