The story
- Old Latin*fersom
- Latinferrum
- Englishferro-
- Old Frenchmagnete
- Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
- Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
- Latinmagnēs
- Middle Englishmagnete
- Englishmagnet
- Englishmagnetic
- English todayferromagnetic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.