Etymology

beachberry

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Today it means: A tropical flowering plant, Scaevola plumieri. Full definition →

English berry ← Middle English berie ← Old English berġe
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bakiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*baki
  4. Old Englishbæċ
  5. Middle Englishbache
  6. Englishbeach
  7. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  9. Old Englishberġe
  10. Middle Englishberie
  11. Englishberry
  12. English todaybeachberry

From beach + berry.

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