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Where does “πυρρός” come from?

πυρρός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πῦρ, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wr̥ — bonfire; spelt.

πυρρός (Ancient Greek): flame-coloured, yellowish-red; red-haired,...

Definitions

  1. flame-coloured, yellowish-red; red-haired,...

Ancestry of “πυρρός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπῦρa fire; lightning; a fever
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt

Words derived from “πυρρός”

  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • bureau
  • bureaucrat
  • burro
  • bureaux
  • bureaucratization
  • burrito
  • bureaucratically
  • borage
  • burl
  • bureaucratism
  • antibureaucratic
  • bureaucratese
  • nonbureaucratic
  • buro
  • bureaucratize
  • unbureaucratic
  • debureaucratization
  • technobureaucratic
  • burlwood
  • bureaucratical
  • antibureaucracy
  • unbureaucratically
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