Wide
/waɪd/noun
Having a large distance from side to side; broad.
Did you know?English wide is a direct heir of a Proto-Indo-European root *weyd- meaning “to separate, widen, or stretch,” which also gave rise to words tied to seeing and knowing in other branches of Indo-European.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weyd-
“to widen, separate, or stretch out”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wīdaz
“wide, broad”
Old English
English
wīd
“wide, broad, spacious”
Middle English
English
wide
“wide, broad”
Modern English
English
wide
“having a large extent from side to side”