English
Fire Island
Fire Island may come from Dutch vijf ‘five’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentvijf‘five’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Fire Island
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentvijf‘five’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Fire Island
Earliest quotation: 2025, Oliver Wainwright: “He stole his first Fire Island commission from another…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
fifth, finger, punch, pentagon, pimp, quintet, quint, cinque, quine, 21 more
through Proto-Germanic *fimf ‘five’
through Proto-West Germanic *fimf ‘five’
Today it means
name The large center island of the outer barrier islands parallel to the south shore of Long Island, New York, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch vijf / Fire Island