Where does “pirít” come from?

pirít (Irish) comes from Old French pyrite, from Latin pȳritēs, from Ancient Greek πῡρίτης λίθος, from Ancient Greek πῦρ, from Proto-Hellenic *pāwər.

pirít (Irish): pyrite

Definitions

  1. pyrite

Ancestry of “pirít”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpyrite—
2Latinpȳritēspyrite
3Ancient Greekπῡρίτης λίθοςstone of fire, flint
4Ancient Greekπῦρa fire; lightning; a fever
5Proto-Hellenic*pāwər—

Words derived from “pirít”

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