Where does “pirite” come from?

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

pirite (Italian): pyrite

Definitions

  1. pyrite

Ancestry of “pirite”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pirite”

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