Etymograph

English

fire triangle

From fire + triangle.

A compound of fire + triangle

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Latin triangulus ‘three-cornered, having three angles’

Latin triangulum

Old French triangle

Middle English triangle

English triangle

Today it means

noun The three elements necessary and sufficient to sustain a fire: fuel (e.g. wood or petrol/gasoline), oxidizer (e.g. oxygen), and sufficient heat (e.g. reaction temperature or activation energy).

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Etymograph / fire triangle