Etymology

beachcomber

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Today it means: A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others. Full definition →

English comber ← Middle English bache ← Old English bæċ
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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. Englishcomber
  8. English todaybeachcomber

From beach + comber.

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