fireman的词源

英文词源

fireman (n.)

also fire-man, late 14c., "tender of a fire," from fire (n.) + man (n.). From 1650s as "furnace-tender" of a early steam engine. As "person hired to put out (rather than tend) fires" it is attested from 1714. For "stoker," Old English had fyrbeta.

中文词源

fireman：(英)消防队员

词根词缀： fire火 + man人

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