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Where does “wildfire” come from?

Wildfire comes from Old English wilde fȳr, literally meaning wild fire.

wildfire (English): A rapidly spreading fire, especially one...

Definitions

  1. A rapidly spreading fire, especially one...

Ancestry of “wildfire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwilde fyr—
2Old Englishwilde fȳr—
Every word from Old English wilde fȳr →