Where does “bushfire” come from?
Bushfire combines English bush, from Dutch bosch and bos, from Latin bosca and buxus meaning boxwood, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-.
bushfire (English): An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area;...
Definitions
- An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area;...
Ancestry of “bushfire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fire | A chemical reaction involving the bonding of... |
| 2 | Middle English | fier | Alternative form of figer |
| 3 | Old English | fȳr | fire |
| 4 | Old English | feor | Alternative form of feorr; far |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |