Etymograph

English

outside

From out + side.

A compound of out + side

Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards, away’

Proto-Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Proto-West Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Old English ūt ‘out’

Middle English out

English out

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Today it means

noun The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “outside”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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