Etymology

pyroacid

P3Y4R1O1A1C3I1D2

Today it means: any acid obtained by heating another Full definition →

English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Latinacidu
  7. Frenchacide
  8. Englishacid
  9. English todaypyroacid

From pyro- + acid.

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