Etymology

biomagnetism

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Today it means: The production or detection of a magnetic field by a living organism. Full definition →

English magnetism ← Middle English magnete ← Latin magnēs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Old Frenchmagnete
  6. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  7. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  8. Latinmagnēs
  9. Middle Englishmagnete
  10. Englishmagnet
  11. Englishmagnetism
  12. English todaybiomagnetism

From bio- + magnetism.

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