Etymograph

English

sidegaze

From side + gaze.

A compound of side + gaze

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Middle English gasen ‘to gaze or stare (at)’

English gaze

Today it means

noun The act of looking sideways, to the left or right, by moving only one's eyes.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sidegaze”. 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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