pyrolatry etymology

English word pyrolatry comes from English pyro- ((chemistry) orthoacid.. Fever.. Fire, heat.), English -latry (Worship of.)

Detailed word origin of pyrolatry

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
pyro- English (eng) (chemistry) orthoacid.. Fever.. Fire, heat.
-latry English (eng) Worship of.
pyrolatry English (eng) The worship of fire.

Words with the same origin as pyrolatry

Descendants of pyro-
MDPV pyro pyroacetic ether pyroantimonic pyrobitumen pyrocatechol pyrocitric pyroconversion pyrodiversity pyrogallic pyrography pyrolytic pyrolytically pyromagnetic pyromaniac pyromellitic pyrometallurgical pyrometry pyrophile pyrophobe pyrotechnical pyrotherapeutic pyrovalerone pyroxene pyroxylic
Descendants of -latry
angelolatry autolatry bibliolatrist bibliolatry chronolatry cosmolatry demolatry epeolatry gynolatry heliolatry hierolatry hoplolatry ideolatry idiolatry logolatry mechanolatry necrolatry numerolatry phytolatry plutolatry psycholatry thanatolatry theriolatry zoolatry