The story
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)
- Latinpȳritēs
- Old Frenchpyrite
- Englishpyrite
- English todaypyritization
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pyritization
Today it means: The hydrothermal process whereby a rock is transformed into a pyrite. Full definition →
English pyrite ← Old French pyrite ← Latin pȳritēs