Etymology

pyrometallurgical

Today it means: Of or pertaining to pyrometallurgy Full definition →

English metallurgical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin pyr
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Englishmetallurgy
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Englishmetallurgical
  10. English todaypyrometallurgical

From pyro- + metallurgical.

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