English
pyrocentric
From pyro- + centric.
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
Latin pyr
English pyro-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom ‘pointed tool’
Proto-Hellenic *kéntron
Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’
Ancient Greek κεντρικός ‘of or belonging to a cardinal point’
English centric
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the Pythagorean astronomical system, which posited that the Earth, Moon, Sun, and planets orbit an invisible "Central Fire".
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pyrocentric