Etymology of the English word arsenopyrite
the English word
arsenopyritederived from the English word
arsenicderived from the French word
arsenicderived from the Latin word
arsenicum (yellow arsenic, orpiment)
derived from the Greek word
arsenikon, ἀρσενικόν
derived from the Arabic word
az-zarnikderived from the Persian word
zarderived from the English word
pyritederived from the Old French word
piritederived from the Latin word
pyrites (flint; millstone; iron sulfide)
derived from the Greek word
purites, πυρίτης
derived from the Greek word
pur, πῦρ ('fire' (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*paəwr₀Usage
Word found in Modern English
