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Where does “مغناطيس” come from?

مغناطيس (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic مِغْنَاطِيس, from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης.

مغناطيس (Hijazi Arabic): magnet

Definitions

  1. magnet

Ancestry of “مغناطيس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمِغْنَاطِيس—
2Ancient Greekμαγνήτης—
Every word from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης →