英语词汇*paewr-的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	*paewr-
词源	paewr- paəwr-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "fire." It forms all or part of: antipyretic; burro; empyreal; empyrean; fire; pyracanth; pyre; pyretic; pyrexia; pyrite; pyro-; pyrolusite; pyromania; pyrrhic; sbirro. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit pu, Hittite pahhur "fire;" Armenian hur "fire, torch;" Czech pyr "hot ashes;" Greek pyr, Umbrian pir "fire;" Old English fyr, German Feuer "fire." Entries linking to paewr- antipyretic n. "that which reduces fever," 1680s, from anti- + Greek pyretos "fever, burning heat," related to pyr "fire" (from PIE root paewr- "fire") + -ic. As an adjective, "reducing fever," 1837. burro n. "donkey," 1800, from Spanish burrico "donkey," from Late Latin burricus "small, shaggy horse," probably from burrus "reddish-brown," from Greek pyrros "flame-colored, yellowish-red," from pyr (genitive pyros) "fire" (from PIE root *paewr- "fire"). Or, for its shaggy hair, from Late Latin burra "wool," a word of unknown origin. antipyretic (n.)burro (n.)empyreal (adj.)empyrean (n.)fire (n.)pyracanth (n.)pyre (n.)pyretic (adj.)pyrexia (n.)pyrite (n.)pyro-pyrolusite (n.)pyromania (n.)Pyrrhic (adj.)sbirro (n.)pyrrhic (n.)Pyrrhonic (adj.) updated on May 11, 2017
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