English

seabeach

From sea + beach.

A compound of sea + beach

Proto-Germanic *saiwiz ‘sea, lake’

Proto-West Germanic *saiwi ‘body of water’

Old English sǣ

Middle English see ‘sea’

English sea

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 A beach lying along the sea.

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

Etymograph / seabeach