streamside

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *srew-der.

Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s

Proto-Germanic *straumaz

Proto-West Germanic *straum

Old English strēam

Middle English strem

English stream

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ

Old English sīde

Middle English side

English side

English -side

English streamside

From stream + -side.

Adjective

streamside (not comparable)

1. Located near or bordering a stream.

   Coordinate terms: riverside, lakeside, seaside, oceanside

   Near-synonym: creekside

   • 1988 April 22, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     But once upon a time, bitterns nested in every pothole marsh and every streamside cattail patch from British Columbia to Newfoundland and from Florida to California.

Noun

streamside (plural streamsides)

1. The land bordering a stream.

   Coordinate terms: riverside, riverbank, lakeside, seaside, oceanside

   Near-synonyms: streambank, creekside, creekbank

Anagrams

• mediatress, sidestream