Etymology

firelighter

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Today it means: A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires. Full definition →

English lighter ← Middle English lighten ← Old English līehtan
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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. Old Englishlīehtan
  8. Middle Englishlighten
  9. Englishlight
  10. Englishlighter
  11. English todayfirelighter

From fire + lighter.

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