English

pyroplastic

From pyro- + plastic.

A compound of pyro- + plastic

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’

Latin pyr

English pyro-

Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to mold’

Ancient Greek πλαστικός ‘fit for moulding’

Latin plasticus ‘of molding’

Today it means

noun Burned pieces of waste plastic that are present as a type of pollution in the environment.

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Etymograph / pyroplastic