The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμπύριος“fiery”
- Latin · derived fromempyreus
- English todayempyreal
From Latin empyreus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios, “fiery”), from ἐν (en, “en-”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) (English pyre).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.