Etymology

pneumatolysis

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Today it means: the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc Full definition →

Ancient Greek πνεῦμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπνεῦμα“vapor”
  2. English todaypneumatolysis

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “vapor”) + λύειν (lúein, “to set free”). By surface analysis, pneumato- + -lysis.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπνεῦμα all →

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