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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
on sīdan
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Words derived from “on side”
aside
setaside
lookaside
aside
a-side
oside
asyde
asideness
Every word from Old English on sīdan →