The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὀλετήρ“destroyer”
- English todaypyroleter
From pyro- + Ancient Greek ὀλετήρ (oletḗr, “destroyer”), from ὄλλυμι (óllumi).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pyroleter
Today it means: A fire-extinguishing chemical apparatus by which carbonic acid is generated and thrown on the fire. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ὀλετήρ