Where does “beach” come from?

Beach derives from Middle English bache, from Old English bæċe, from Proto-Germanic bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰog-, a root of uncertain original meaning.

beach (English): The shore of a body of water, especially when...

Definitions

  1. The shore of a body of water, especially when...

Ancestry of “beach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbachebank, sandbank
2Old Englishbæċ—

Words derived from “beach”

Every word from Old English bæċ →Every word from Middle English bache →