English

firesuit

From fire + suit.

A compound of fire + suit

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

…

Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’

…

Latin sequor ‘to follow’

Vulgar Latin *sequita

Anglo-Norman suite

Middle English sute ‘clothes, matching clothing’

English suit

Today it means

noun A fire-retardant suit worn in motor racing.

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

Etymograph / firesuit