English

fireground

From fire + ground.

A compound of fire + ground

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 *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’

Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’

Proto-West Germanic *grundu

Old English grund

Middle English ground

Today it means

noun The site where a fire occurs or has recently occurred.

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

Etymograph / fireground