Where does “pyrite” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pyrite”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pyrite

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *pāwərEvery word from Ancient Greek πῦρEvery word from Ancient Greek πῡρίτης λίθος