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- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Latinpyr
- Englishpyro-
- Englishmetallurgy
- English todaypyrometallurgy
From pyro- + metallurgy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pyrometallurgy
Today it means: Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores. Full definition →
English metallurgy ← Latin pyr ← Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)