Etymology of the English word magnet
the English word
magnetderived from the Latin word
magnetderived from the Greek word
magnesderived from the Old French word
magnetederived from the Latin word
magnes (magnet, lodestone; inhabitants of Magnesia; magnetic; of a magnet, lodestone)
Date
The earliest known usage of magnet in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
electret,
magneton,
magnetron,
electromagnet,
ferromagnet,
magnetizeDerivations in other languages
French
magnetCognates
Dutch
magneet, French
magnetit, German
Magnet, Icelandic
magnetít, Italian
magnete, Lithuanian
magnetas, Russian
магнит, Swedish
magnet, Yiddish
magnetUsage
Word found in Modern English
