Etymograph

English

Miami Beach

From Miami + beach.

A compound of Miami + beach

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- ‘flowing water’

Proto-Germanic *bakiz ‘brook’

Proto-West Germanic *baki ‘brook’

Old English beċe ‘beck’

Middle English bache ‘bank’

English beach

Today it means

name A city in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States on the Atlantic sea coast, seaward of Miami.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Miami Beach