Saturday 17 November 2012

chalcopyrite=كالكوبايرايت


chalcopyrite=كالكوبايرايت



WICTIONARY:

From the Greek χαλκός (khalkos) "copper", and pyrites. Named by Johann Friedrich Henckel 1725.[1]


WIKIPEDIA


From Middle English coper, from Old English coper, copor (“copper”), from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), contraction of Latin (aes) Cyprium (literally “brass of Cyprus”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kupros, “Cyprus”). Cognate with Dutch koper (“copper”), German Kupfer (“copper”), Icelandic kopar (“copper”).




recorded since 1555, from Old French (=modern) pyrite (12c.), from Latin pyrites, from Ancient Greek πυρίτης λιθός (pyrites lithos) "stone of fire, flint" (so called because it glitters), notably the first part: adjective πυρίτης (puritēs, “of or in fire”), from πῦρ (pur, “fire”)

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