Etymology

beachwear

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Today it means: Clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in. Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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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-Indo-European*wes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  11. Old Englishwerian
  12. Middle Englishweren
  13. Englishwear
  14. English todaybeachwear

From beach + -wear.

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