English

firesafe

From fire + safe.

A compound of fire + safe

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 *solh₂- ‘whole’

Proto-Italic *salawos ‘whole’

Latin salvus ‘whole’

Old French sauf

Middle English sauf ‘Unaffected by or safe from injury’

English safe

Today it means

adj Designed to reduce the risk of fire.

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

Etymograph / firesafe