Where does “beach” come from?

beach (French) comes from English beach, from Middle English bache, from Old English bæċ.

beach (French): port where goods and passengers embark and debark

Definitions

  1. port where goods and passengers embark and debark

Ancestry of “beach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeachThe shore of a body of water, especially when...
2Middle Englishbachebank, sandbank
3Old Englishbæċ—
Every word from Old English bæċ →Every word from Middle English bache →Every word from English beach →