Etymograph

English

Seaview

From sea + view.

Formed from sea + view

Proto-Germanic *saiwiz ‘sea, lake’

Proto-West Germanic *saiwi ‘body of water’

Old English sǣ

Middle English see ‘sea’

English sea

Old French veue

Anglo-Norman vewe

Middle English vewe ‘an inspection’

English view

Today it means

name A number of coastal settlements: A village in Nettlestone and Seaview parish, north-east Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6291).

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

Etymograph / Seaview