pyrolatry
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
pyr
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
pyrolatry
the worship of fire
拜火教
Dissection of pyrolatry
pyrolatry = pyr (fire) + o + -latry (worship)
pyrolatry = worship of fire
Now Repeat my Dissection
pyrolatry = worship of fire
Important roots for this word:
-latry
pyr
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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