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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”

  • beached
  • beachhead
  • beachfront
  • beachside
  • beachcomber
  • beachwear
  • beachy
  • seabeach
  • beachgrass
  • beachhouse
  • beachgoer
  • beachline
  • beachward
  • beachless
  • beachgoing
  • beachboy
  • beachscape
  • beachlike
  • beachwards
  • beachful
  • beachbound
  • beachcast
  • nonbeach
  • beachsalmon
Every word from Old English bæċ →