English

sideperson

From side + person.

A compound of side + person

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Latin persōna ‘mask; character, role’

Anglo-Norman parsone

Middle English persoun

Today it means

noun A sideman or sidewoman.

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

Etymograph / sideperson