Etymology

beechen

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Today it means: Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech tree. Full definition →

Middle English bechen ← Old English bēċen ← Proto-West Germanic *bōkīn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bōkīn
  2. Old English · inherited frombēċen“made of beechwood, beechen”
  3. Middle English · inherited frombechen
  4. English todaybeechen

From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen (“made of beechwood, beechen”), Proto-West Germanic *bōkīn, equivalent to beech + -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken (“beechen”).

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