Etymology

demagnetize

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Today it means: To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties. Full definition →

English magnetize ← Middle English magnete ← Latin magnēs
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Old Frenchmagnete
  8. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  9. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  10. Latinmagnēs
  11. Middle Englishmagnete
  12. Englishmagnet
  13. Englishmagnetize
  14. English todaydemagnetize

From de- + magnetize.

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