Etymograph

English

sidetrip

From side + trip.

Formed from side + trip

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Middle English trippen ‘to step lightly, skip’

English trip

Today it means

noun A short trip that one takes interrupting or as a break from a larger trip

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sidetrip”. 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.

Etymograph / sidetrip