Etymology

pyrocitric

P3Y4R1O1C3I1T1R1I1C3

Today it means: Describing any of the three unsaturated dicarboxylic acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid. Full definition →

English citric ← Latin pyr ← Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Englishcitric
  7. English todaypyrocitric

From pyro- + citric.

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