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Where does “магнетизм” come from?

магнетизм (Kazakh) comes from Russian магнети́зм, from French magnétisme, from Old French magnete, from Latin magnētum, from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

магнетизм (Kazakh): magnetism; magnetics

Definitions

  1. magnetism; magnetics

Ancestry of “магнетизм”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмагнети́зм—
2Frenchmagnétismemagnetism
3Old Frenchmagnetemagnetite
4Latinmagnētum—
5Ancient Greekμαγνῆτις—
6Ancient GreekΜαγνησίαMagnesia
7Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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