English

sidebone

From side + bone.

A compound of side + bone

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‘straight’

Proto-Germanic *bainą ‘bone, leg’

Proto-West Germanic *bain ‘bone’

Old English bān ‘bone’

Middle English bon ‘bone’

English bone

Today it means

noun A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.

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

Etymograph / sidebone