WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
-sid-, root.
- -sid- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "sit;
stay;
live in a place.'' This meaning is found in such words as: assiduous, dissident, insidious, preside, president, presidium, reside, residual, residue, subside, subsidiary, subsidize, subsidy. See -sess-.
'-sid-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abbasid
- East Sider
- Sid
- Ursids
- bevel siding
- colonial siding
- demand-side
- dissident
- drop siding
- hostage
- lopsided
- many-sided
- novelty siding
- obsess
- one-sided
- side
- sideling
- siderography
- siderostat
- since
- sodium ethylate
- statesider
- subsidy
- sídh
- two-sided