Historically, what command was given to archers to fire their arrows? Its not "fire" is it?

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Rewatching Lord of the Rings and something caught my ear. When archers are order to shoot, the command is generally "fire". Its used at Helm's Deep by the Rohirrim (but not by Aragorn when he tells the elves in Sindarin, the translation is "release arrows"). "Fire" is also used by the Orc commander Gothmog at the charge of the Rohirrim in the 3rd movie.

But before the invention of guns and gunpowder, that word wouldn't make sense. Historically, was there a different command used to order archers to fire at their targets?

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