English

farside

From far + side.

A compound of far + side

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to cross, pass’

Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy

Proto-Germanic *ferrai

Old English feor

Middle English ferre

English far

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Today it means

noun The side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.