English

pyrocotton

From pyro- + cotton.

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’

Latin pyr

English pyro-

Aramaic כִיתָנָא

Arabic قُطُن ‘cotton’

Old Italian cotone

Anglo-Norman cotun

Middle English cotoun

Today it means

noun Nitrated cotton, a high explosive that is the main constituent of smokeless powder.

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

Etymograph / pyrocotton