Etymograph

English

fire alarm

From fire + alarm.

A compound of fire + alarm

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’

Middle French alarme

Middle English alarme

English alarm

Today it means

noun An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building etc. of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.

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

Etymograph / fire alarm