English

alongshore

From along + shore.

A compound of along + shore

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’

Old English lang ‘long’

Old English andlang

English along

Proto-Germanic *skurô ‘rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore’

Old English *sċora

Middle English schore

English shore

Today it means

adv At or along a shore or coast.

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

Etymograph / alongshore