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Where does “aimant” come from?

aimant (French) comes from French -ant, from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.

aimant (French): loving, affectionate; present participle of...

Definitions

  1. loving, affectionate; present participle of...

Ancestry of “aimant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ant-ing; "abracadabra" → "abracadabrant"; Used to...
2Old French-antused to form the present participle of verbs
3Latin-āns—
4Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

Words derived from “aimant”

  • nanoaimant
  • aimantaire
  • électroaimant
  • eletroímã
  • ímã
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