English
forebeach
From fore- + beach.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
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
noun The area of beach nearest the water's edge; the foreshore or intertidal zone
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forebeach