Where does “wireglass” come from?

wireglass (English) comes from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος, from Ancient Greek μυρίκη.

wireglass (English): Wire mesh safety glass

Definitions

  1. Wire mesh safety glass

Ancestry of “wireglass”, step by step

wireglass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwireMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
2Middle Englishwir
3Old Englishwīrwire, metal thread, wire-ornament
4EnglishmyrtleAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
5Old Frenchmyrte
6Latinmyrtusmyrtle
7Ancient Greekμύρτοςmyrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
8Ancient Greekμυρίκηtamarisk
9Ancient Greek-ίκη

via English glass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglassAn amorphous solid, often transparent substance...
2Scottish Gaelicglasgreen; grey; lock
3Middle Irishglas
4Old Irishglasgreen, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the...
5Proto-Celticglastosgreen, blue
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥h₃stós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Ancient Greek -ίκηEvery word from Ancient Greek μυρίκηEvery word from Ancient Greek μύρτος
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