Etymology

firebomb

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Today it means: A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon. Full definition →

English bomb ← French bombe ← Italian bomba
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fuir
  4. Old Englishfȳr
  5. Middle Englishfyr
  6. Englishfire
  7. Ancient Greekβόμβος (bómbos)
  8. Latinbombus
  9. Italianbomba
  10. Frenchbombe
  11. Englishbomb
  12. English todayfirebomb

From fire + bomb.

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