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Where does “paramagneticlike” come from?

paramagneticlike (English) comes from English paramagnetic, from French paramagnétique, from French para-, from Italian para-, from Italian para, from Italian paranoia, from Ancient Greek παράνοια, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

paramagneticlike (English): Having some characteristics of a paramagnetic...

Definitions

  1. Having some characteristics of a paramagnetic...

Ancestry of “paramagneticlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishparamagneticexhibiting paramagnetism
2Frenchparamagnétiqueparamagnetic
3Frenchpara-para-
4Italianpara-para-
5Italianparacrepe rubber; crepe; third-person singular...
6Italianparanoiaparanoia
7Ancient Greekπαράνοιαderangement, madness
8Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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