English

fireeater

From fire + eater.

A compound of fire + eater

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Old English etere

Middle English eter

English eater

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / fireeater