Etymology

pyrokinesis

py·ro·ki·ne·sis
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Today it means: The ability to set objects or people on fire or to supernaturally project fire from one's own being through the concentration of psychic power; the power to control fire. Full definition →

English pyro- ← Latin pyr ← Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. English todaypyrokinesis

From pyro- + -kinesis.

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