The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμπύριος“fiery”
- Latin · derived fromempyricus
- English todayempyrical
From Latin empyricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύριος (empúrios, “fiery”), from ἐν (en, “en-”) + πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἐμπύριος all →
empyreanempyreal
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.