Etymograph

English

fire truck

From fire + truck.

A compound of fire + truck

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

English truckle ‘wheel’

English truck

Today it means

noun A motor truck that serves as firefighting apparatus (a fire appliance).

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

Etymograph / fire truck