Etymology

beamish

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Today it means: Radiantly beaming; happy; cheerful. Full definition →

English beam ← Middle English bem ← Old English bēam
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beamish · adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic*bagmaz?
  2. Proto-West Germanic*baum
  3. Old Englishbēam
  4. Middle Englishbem
  5. Englishbeam
  6. English todaybeamish

From beam + -ish.

Beamish · proper noun2

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Beaumais, in Normandy. The village in County Durham shares the same etymology.

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