English

firetender

From fire + tender.

A compound of fire + tender

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 tener ‘soft, delicate’

Anglo-Norman tendre

Middle English tender

Today it means

noun A person responsible for tending a fire.

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

Etymograph / firetender