Etymograph

English

firetrail

fire + trail

A compound of fire + trail

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 tragula ‘dragnet’

Vulgar Latin *tragulāre ‘to drag’

Old French trailler ‘to tow’

Middle English trailen

English trail

Today it means

noun Synonym of firebreak (“area cleared of flammable material to prevent fire from spreading”).

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

Etymograph / firetrail