English

fire site

From fire + site.

A compound of fire + site

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 *tḱey- ‘to build’

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Latin sinō ‘to put, lay, set down’

Latin situs ‘position, place, site’

Anglo-Norman site

Middle English site ‘site, location’

English site

Today it means

noun The site of a fire.

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

Etymograph / fire site