Etymology

beanfeast

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Today it means: A dinner party given to the employees of a firm. Full definition →

English feast ← Middle English bene ← Old English bēan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰabʰ-?
  2. Proto-Germanic*babnōder.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*baunō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*baunu
  5. Old Englishbēan
  6. Middle Englishbene
  7. Englishbean
  8. Englishfeast
  9. English todaybeanfeast

From bean + feast.

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