Etymology

pyrokinetic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of pyrokinesis. Full definition →

English kinetic ← Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós) ← Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*keyh₂-
  7. Ancient Greekκῑνέω (kīnéō)
  8. Ancient Greekκῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsĭs)
  9. Ancient Greekκινητικός (kinētikós)
  10. Englishkinetic
  11. English todaypyrokinetic

From pyro- + kinetic.

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