The story
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Latinpyr
- Englishpyro-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- New Latinēlectricus
- Englishelectric
- Englishelectricity
- English todaypyroelectricity
From pyro- + electricity.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.