English

firewatcher

From fire + watcher.

A compound of fire + watcher

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

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Proto-Germanic *fuïr

Proto-West Germanic *fuir

Old English fȳr ‘fire’

Middle English fyr

English fire

Middle English wacchere

Today it means

noun A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point

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

Etymograph / firewatcher