Etymology

beachy

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Today it means: Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand. Full definition →

English beach ← 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. English todaybeachy

From beach + -y.

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