Etymograph

English

hot bean

From hot + bean, from the bean's steep increase in temperature after being rubbed on a hard surface.

A compound of hot + bean

Proto-Indo-European *keHy- ‘to heat; to become hot’

Proto-Germanic *haitaz ‘hot’

Proto-West Germanic *hait

Old English hāt ‘hot’

Middle English hot

English hot

Proto-Germanic *baunō

Proto-West Germanic *baunu

Old English bēan

Middle English bene

English bean

The story

Children sometimes use this property in pranks.

Today it means

noun Synonym of mescal bean.

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

Etymograph / hot bean