Etymograph

English

firebreather

From fire + breather.

A compound of fire + breather

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Today it means

noun A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.

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

Etymograph / firebreather