An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad. → wide binary, → wide field.

Etymology (EN): From M.E., from O.E. wid; akin to Du. wijd, Ger. weit, Old Norse vithr.

Etymology (PE): Bozorg, → large.
Gošâd, gošâdé “opened; ample, broad,” from gošudan “to open up, to loose,” → resolve.