-sidea combining form used:
1. to indicate a locality which is specified, as in beachside, harbourside, poolside.
2. Aboriginal English to mean 'from here', 'in the direction of': ◆ we go Injinoo-side.
-side
Suffix
- Forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object.
- fireside (“next to a fire”), railside (“alongside a railway”)
- Forms adjectives and adverbs describing position in relation to a dividing line or other separation.
- airside (“in the controlled part of an airport; to the controlled part of an airport”), planetside (“on a planet; to a planet”)
- Forms nouns describing the area alongside or around an object.
- fireside (“the area next to a fire”), lockside (“the area surrounding a canal lock”)
- chiefly Britain Forms proper nouns naming the conurbation around a river.
- Deeside, Humberside, Merseyside, Tameside, Teesside
Etymology
From side
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -side