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Where does “strand” come from?
strand (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.
strand
(Afrikaans): beach
Definitions
beach
Ancestry of “strand”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Dutch
strand
beach, strand
2
Middle Dutch
strant
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