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- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)
- Latinpȳritēs
- Old Frenchpyrite
- Englishpyrite
- English todaypyritohedron
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pyritohedron
Today it means: An irregular dodecahedron, the faces of which are identical but irregular pentagons. Full definition →
English pyrite ← Old French pyrite ← Latin pȳritēs