Etymology

pyroxylic

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Today it means: Created by the destructive distillation of wood. Full definition →

English xylic ← 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. Englishxylic
  7. English todaypyroxylic

From pyro- + xylic.

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