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Where does “on side” come from?

on side (Middle English) comes from Old English on sīdan.

Ancestry of “on side”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishon sīdan—

Words derived from “on side”

  • aside
  • setaside
  • lookaside
  • asideness
  • oside
  • a-side
  • asyde
  • aside
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