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Where does “magnetically” come from?

Magnetically derives from English magnetic, from French -ique and Latin -icus suffixes applied to magnet, ultimately from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης λίθος meaning lodestone.

magnetically (English): By or as by, magnetism

Definitions

  1. By or as by, magnetism

Ancestry of “magnetically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmagneticOf, relating to, operating by, or caused by...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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