English Explanatory Dictionary

pyromechanism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mechanism operated by an explosion

Word forms

pyromechanism pyromechanisms

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism English pyromechanism From pyro- + mechanism.

Related words

pyromechanical
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