English

firefront

From fire + front.

A compound of fire + front

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Latin frōns ‘forehead’

Old French front ‘forehead’

Middle English front

English front

Today it means

noun The leading edge of a wildfire.

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

Etymograph / firefront