The story
- Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewkós
- Proto-Hellenic*leukós
- Ancient Greekλευκός (leukós)
- Englishleuco-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)
- Latinpȳritēs
- Old Frenchpyrite
- Englishpyrite
- English todayleucopyrite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.