Etymology

pyromechanism

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Today it means: A mechanism operated by an explosion Full definition →

English mechanism ← New Latin mechanismu ← Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekμηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
  8. New Latinmechanismu
  9. Englishmechanism
  10. English todaypyromechanism

From pyro- + mechanism.

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