Etymograph

English

pyroligneous

From pyro- + ligneous.

A compound of pyro- + ligneous

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’

Latin pyr

English pyro-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect’

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m ‘that which is collected’

Proto-Italic *legnom

Latin lignum ‘firewood’

Latin ligneus ‘of wood—wooden’

English ligneous

Today it means

adj Produced from wood by the action of heat, especially by destructive distillation.

Sources

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