Etymology

eupyrion

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Today it means: A device historically used for obtaining instantaneous light, such as a lucifer match. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πῦρ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπῦρ“fire”
  2. English todayeupyrion

From eu- + Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -ιον (-ion).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπῦρ all →

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