myEtymology.com: French etymology of pirite

Etymology of the French word pirite

the Old French word pirite

derived 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 *paəwr₀

English pyrite

Word found in Old French