English

firecall

From fire + call.

A compound of fire + call

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-Germanic *kalzōną ‘to call’

Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn

Old English ceallian ‘to call’

Old English *callian

Middle English callen ‘to call’

English call

Today it means

noun A call of fire alarm to a fire station.

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

Etymograph / firecall