Where does “Pyrit” come from?

Pyrit (German) comes from Latin pȳritēs, from Ancient Greek πῡρίτης λίθος, from Ancient Greek πῦρ, from Proto-Hellenic *pāwər.

Pyrit (German): pyrite

Definitions

  1. pyrite

Ancestry of “Pyrit”, step by step

Pyrit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pȳritēs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpȳritēspyrite
2Ancient Greekπῡρίτης λίθοςstone of fire, flint
3Ancient Greekπῦρa fire; lightning; a fever
4Proto-Hellenic*pāwər—

via Old Czech pýřiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechpýřiti—
2Proto-Slavic*pyriti—

via English [[pyrite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English[[pyrite—

Words derived from “Pyrit”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *pāwər →Every word from Ancient Greek πῦρ →Every word from Ancient Greek πῡρίτης λίθος →