Etymology

firestorm

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Today it means: A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds. Full definition →

English storm ← Middle English fyr ← Old English fȳr
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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. Englishstorm
  8. English todayfirestorm

From fire + storm.

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