English
firebote
From fire + bote.
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 *bʰed- ‘to improve, make better’
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Proto-Germanic *bōtō ‘recompense’
Proto-West Germanic *bōtu ‘recompense, atonement’
Old English bōt ‘help, relief, advantage, remedy’
Middle English bōte ‘advantage, benefit, profit’
English bote
Today it means
noun In Medieval England, an allowance of fuel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / firebote