Etymology

pyrolignic

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Today it means: produced from wood by the action of heat Full definition →

English lign- ← 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. Englishlign-
  7. English todaypyrolignic

From pyro- + lign- + -ic.

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