WICTIONARY:
- 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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