Etymology

firewoman

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Today it means: A female firefighter. Full definition →

Middle English woman ← Old English wīfmann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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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. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  9. Old Englishwīf
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  11. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  12. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  13. Old Englishmann
  14. Old Englishwīfmann
  15. Middle Englishwoman
  16. English todayfirewoman

From fire + -woman.

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