Ancient Greek

πῦρ

‘fire’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek πῦρ.

20 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek πῦρ, most familiar first.

• bureau ← burel ← *bure ← burra ← burrus
• burrito ← burro ← burrico ← borrico ← burricus
• bertram ← bërhtram ← pyrethrum ← πύρεθρον
• pyre ← pyra ← πυρά
• pyro
• pyrite ← pȳritēs ← πῠρῑ́της
• burro ← borrico ← burricus ← burrus ← πῠρρός
• pyroclastic
• pyrrole ← Pyrrol ← πῠρρός
• pyrexia ← πυρεξία ← πυρετός
• pyretic ← pyreticus ← πυρετικός ← πυρετός
• borachio ← borracho ← burrus ← πυρρός

More words from πῦρ

• dipyre
• eupyrion
• pyrargyrite
• pyrophanous
• pyrosis
• pyree
• pyrone
• pyrrhous

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πῦρ