Pyro
/ˈpaɪroʊ/noun
A combining form meaning fire, used in words related to heat, combustion, or fire-setting.
Did you know?The same Greek root behind pyro also lives inside pyromancy, the divination practice of reading fire as a supernatural sign.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*péh₂wr̥
“fire”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πῦρ (pyr)
“fire”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πυρο- (pyro-)
“fire, fiery, heat-related combining form”
Late Latin
Latin
pyro-
“combining form used in learned borrowings”
Modern English
English
pyro
“fire; by extension, a person obsessed with setting fires or with fire-related things”