Where does “geomagnetic” come from?
Geomagnetic derives from English magnet and the suffix -ic, ultimately from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος meaning lodestone.
geomagnetic (English): Of or pertaining to geomagnetism
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to geomagnetism
Ancestry of “geomagnetic”, step by step
geomagnetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English magnetic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | magnetic | Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French géomagnétique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | géomagnétique | geomagnetic |
| 2 | French | géo- | geo- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 4 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |