Where does “beach sandal” come from?
beach sandal (English) comes from Japanese ビーチサンダル, from English beach, from Middle English bache, from Old English bæċ.
Ancestry of “beach sandal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | ビーチサンダル | a flip-flop |
| 2 | English | beach | The shore of a body of water, especially when... |
| 3 | Middle English | bache | bank, sandbank |
| 4 | Old English | bæċ | — |
Words derived from “beach sandal”