Etymology

arsenopyrite

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Today it means: A silvery-grey ore of arsenic, a mixed arsenide and sulfide of iron, FeAsS. Full definition →

English pyrite ← Old French pyrite ← Latin pȳritēs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Englisharseno-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  18. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  19. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  20. Ancient Greekπῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)
  21. Latinpȳritēs
  22. Old Frenchpyrite
  23. Englishpyrite
  24. English todayarsenopyrite

From arseno- + pyrite.

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