Etymograph

English

firebath

Firebath comes from Old English fȳrbæþ ‘fire-bath’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150fȳrbæþ‘fire-bath’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*fyrebathreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1996firebath

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150fȳrbæþ‘fire-bath’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*fyrebathreconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1996firebath

Earliest quotation: 1996, Chase Hensel: “A central daily event in men's lives was the…”

A compound of fire + bath

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 *bʰeh₁- ‘to warm’

Proto-Germanic *baþą

Proto-West Germanic *baþ

Old English bæþ

Middle English bath ‘a medicinal or curative bath’

English bath

Every English word from Old English fȳrbæþ

Today it means

noun A bath in intense heat; sauna.

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

Etymograph / Old English fȳrbæþ / firebath

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