English
Pyrrhic
From Pyrrhus + -ic.
A compound of Pyrrhus + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
Ancient Greek Πύρρος
English Pyrrhus
Today it means
adj Of or relating to Pyrrhus (319/318–272 BCE), Greek general and statesman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pyrrhic