Beacon Definition
- radio-beacon
- pharos
- beacon light
- lighthouse
- beacon fire
- ringside
- radiomicrophone
- mark
- signal
- cresset
- balefire
- watchtower
- sign
- seamark
- signal fire
Origin of Beacon
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Middle English beken, from Old English bēacen (“sign, signal”), from Proto-Germanic *baukną (cf. West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). More at fantasy.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English beken from Old English bēacen bhā-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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