English
fire hose
From fire + hose.
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-Germanic *husǭ ‘coverings, leggings, trousers’
Proto-West Germanic *hosā ‘outer cover, shell’
Old English hose ‘hose, leggings’
Middle English hose ‘leggings, hose’
English hose
Today it means
noun A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fire hose