An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. A line segment that forms part of the perimeter of a plane geometric figure.
   

2. A surface of a solid geometric figure.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from O.E. side “flanks of a person, the long part of anything;” cf. O.S. sida, O.N. sitha, M.Du. side, O.H.G. sita, Ger. Seite.

Etymology (PE): Bar “side; breadth; breast,” variant var; Mid.Pers. var “breast;” Av. vouru “wide, broad, extended” (vourucašāni- “looking far”), related to varah- “breast;” cf. Skt. urú- “wide, broad,” úras- “breast;” Gk. eurus “wide, broad;” PIE base uer-, ueru-s “wide, broad.”
Pahlu “side, flank;” Mid.Pers. pahlug “side, rib,” Av. pərəsu- “rib,” Ossetic fars “side, flank,” cf. Skt. párśu- “rib,” O.C.S. prbsi “breast,” Lit. piršys (pl.) “horse breast.”
Kenâr “side,” variant karân “edge, limit;” Mid.Pers. karân, karânak, kenâr “edge, limit, boundary;” Av. karana- “side, boundary, end.”
→ octagon, → polygon, → quadrilateral, → triangle.