English
pyre
Pyre comes from Latin pyra ‘pyre, funeral pile’, from Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂wr̥‘fire’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pāwərreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπῦρpûr‘fire’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπυράpurá
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpyra‘pyre, funeral pile’
- Englishtodaypyre
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*péh₂wr̥‘fire’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pāwərreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπῦρpûr‘fire’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπυράpurá
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpyra‘pyre, funeral pile’
- Englishtodaypyre
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
through Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
bureau, burrito, bertram, burro, pyroclastic, pyrite, pyro, 12 more
Today it means
noun A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ / pyre