Where does “magnete” come from?

magnete (Middle English) comes from Old French magnete, from Latin magnētum, from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις, from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

magnete (Middle English): lodestone

Definitions

  1. lodestone

Ancestry of “magnete”, step by step

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

Words derived from “magnete”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek Μαγνησία →