Where does “paleomagnetician” come from?

paleomagnetician (English) comes from English paleomagnetic, from English magnetic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

paleomagnetician (English): A specialist in the field of paleomagnetism

Definitions

  1. A specialist in the field of paleomagnetism

Ancestry of “paleomagnetician”, step by step

paleomagnetician traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English paleomagnetic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleomagneticRelating to paleomagnetism or to paleomagnetics
2EnglishmagneticOf, relating to, operating by, or caused by...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishian
2IrishEoinJohn any of several people in the Bible
3Old IrishIohainJohn apostle
4LatinIōannēsJohn biblical persons
5Ancient GreekἸωάννης
6HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
7Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
8Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
9Arabicخُنَّة
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en