Lakeside

How to spell lakeside

8 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce lakeside

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does lakeside mean?

1. nounThe land or area along the edge of a lake.
2. adjectiveSituated beside or relating to the edge of a lake.

Lakeside in a sentence

• noun

  The family rented a cabin at the lakeside for the summer.

• adjective

  They booked a lakeside hotel with a view of the water.

• noun

  A gentle path winds along the lakeside past the boathouse.

• adjective

  The lakeside restaurant fills up quickly on warm evenings.

Where does lakeside come from?

Language of origin: Germanic

This is a transparent English compound, joining two everyday words. 'Lake' came into Middle English from Old French 'lac', which descends from the Latin 'lacus', meaning a basin, pool, or pond. 'Side' is a native Germanic word, from the Old English 'side', which described the long flank of a body or, more broadly, an edge or margin. Joined together, the compound simply names the strip of land bordering a lake, and it began appearing in English from around the early nineteenth century as recreational lakeshore living and tourism grew. Because both halves are familiar and spelled exactly as they sound, the only thing to watch is keeping it as one solid word rather than splitting it.

How the word is built

• lake (a body of water)
• side (edge or margin)