Beach
/biːtʃ/noun
A sandy or pebbly shore by the sea or a lake.
Did you know?“Beach” is surprisingly old in English, and its exact ancestry is debated, but it likely belongs to a Germanic word-family connected to water and banks rather than the modern sandy shoreline.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
bece
“a stream, brook, or watercourse”
Middle English
ME
beche
“a brook or small stream”
14th-15th Century
English
beach
“the shore or strand by water”
Modern English
English
beach
“the sandy or pebbly land at the edge of the sea”