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fireward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fire-ward
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Which faces a fire; which lies in the direction of a fire, etc.

adv

Toward a fire.

noun

A fire chief.

Obsolete

noun

A fireman.

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English fireward From fire + -ward.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more fireward (comparative) most fireward (superlative) firewards (plural)

Questions

What does fireward mean?
Which faces a fire; which lies in the direction of a fire, etc.
Where does fireward come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English fireward From fire + -ward.

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