Etymology

firehot

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Today it means: As hot as fire; hot from fire; extremely hot; red-hot. Full definition →

Middle English fyre hoot ← Old English fȳrhāt
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  1. Old English · inherited fromfȳrhāt“fire-hot”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfyre hoot
  3. English todayfirehot

From Middle English fyre hoot, fyre hoote, from Old English fȳrhāt (“fire-hot”), equivalent to fire + hot.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.