The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπῦρ“fire”
- English todaydipyre
From di- + Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”); so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it and rendering it phosphorescent.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπῦρ all →
pyropyrotechnicpyroclasticpyropeeupyrionpyrargyritepyro-pyroballogypyrophorepyrophoruspyruvic acid
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