Where does “mıknatıs” come from?
mıknatıs (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish مقناطس, from Arabic مِغْنَاطِيس, from Ancient Greek μαγνήτης.
mıknatıs (Turkish): magnet
Definitions
- magnet
Ancestry of “mıknatıs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مقناطس | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مِغْنَاطِيس | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μαγνήτης | — |