Fire

Etymology

The word "fire" originated from Old English Fyr 'Fire, a fire', which can be traced back to the Germanic root fūr-, which itself comes from the Proto-Indo-European *perjos* from the root paewr-* 'Fire'.

The current spelling of "fire" has been in use since as early as 1200, but it was not until around 1600 that it completely replaced the Middle English term "fier" (which is still preserved in the word "fiery").^[5]

English

Noun

FIRE (uncountable)

1. (finance) Acronym of financial independence and early retirement.
2. (economics, business) Acronym of finance, insurance and real estate: a class of businesses. quotations ▼

Proper noun

FIRE

1. Acronym of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (formerly Foundation for Individual Rights in Education): a non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the aim of protecting free speech rights on college campuses in the United States.

Further reading

• FIRE economy on Wikipedia.

Anagrams[edit]

• -fier, Fier, Frie, fier, refi, reif, rief, rife