Etymology

bewest

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Today it means: To the west of. Full definition →

Middle English be west ← Old English be westan
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  1. Old English · inherited frombe westan“west, from the west”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombe west
  3. English todaybewest

From Middle English be west, biwesten, from Old English be westan (“west, from the west”).

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