English

fireflower

From fire + flower.

A compound of fire + flower

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 *bʰleh₃- ‘to thrive, bloom’

Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower’

Latin flōs ‘flower’

Anglo-Norman flur

Middle English flour ‘a flower’

Today it means

noun Synonym of fireweed (“Chamaenerion angustifolium”).

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

Etymograph / fireflower