köken: Borrowed from Latin magnēs (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia).
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish aymant, apocopic form of aymante (“lodestone”), from Old French aïmant (“lodestone”), from Vulgar Latin *adimas, from Latin adamās (“very hard steel; adamant; diamond”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas), with the same meaning. Reinforced or reintroduced by modern French aimant (“magnet”). Cognate with English diamond. Doublet of diamante.
aile: electroimán, imán de chochetes, imán de herradura, imanación, imanar, imantar
köken: Borrowed from Russian магни́т (magnít), from Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnetum (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonist who founded the city in Lydia).
From Ancient Greek μάγνης (mágnēs), from Μάγνης (Mágnēs, “Magnesian”), after Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), named after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía), whence came the colonist who founded it. In ancient times the city was a primary source of mysterious stones that could attract or repel each other, which were eventually named after it. Related to magnēsius…