burglar alarm
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:37 am
by Eileen Opiolka
Two words here, but as I set my neighbour's said deterrent, the etymology alarm started ticking for both.
Re: burglar alarm
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:07 pm
by Slava
Well, alarm is
here, under alarum. Burglar doesn't seem to have made it to the Dr.'s office just yet. Unless it was DOA. I see, though, that the idea of burglar-alarm actually goes all the way back to 1840 or so.