English

pyroconversion

From pyro- + conversion.

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’

Latin pyr

English pyro-

Proto-Italic *komwertō ‘to turn back’

Latin convertō ‘to turn upside-down’

Latin conversiō ‘the act of turning round or revolving’

Anglo-Norman conversion

Middle English conversion

Today it means

noun A dry heat treatment of starch, causing dextrinization.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / pyroconversion