English
pyritic
From pyrite + -ic.
A compound of pyrite + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
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Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της ‘copper pyrites’
Latin pȳritēs
Old French pyrite
English pyrite
Today it means
adj of, relating to, or consisting of pyrite or pyrites
Sources
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