Etymology

leucopyrite

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Today it means: löllingite. Full definition →

English pyrite ← Old French pyrite ← Latin pȳritēs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewkós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*leukós
  4. Ancient Greekλευκός (leukós)
  5. Englishleuco-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  7. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  8. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  9. Ancient Greekπῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)
  10. Latinpȳritēs
  11. Old Frenchpyrite
  12. Englishpyrite
  13. English todayleucopyrite

From leuco- + pyrite.

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