Etymograph

English

pyrology

From pyro- + -logy.

Formed from pyro + logy

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’

English pyro

Dutch log ‘heavy, dull’

English logy

Today it means

noun The scientific study of the effects of heat or flame, often with regard to explosives or chemical compounds.

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Etymograph / pyrology