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adjective 
  1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an appearance
  2. (geology) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat; with rocks, it could also mean formed from lava/magma; as, granite and basalt are rocks
Etymology: igneus, from ignis fire; allied to Sanskrit agni, Lithuanian ugnis, Old Slavic ogne

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