The story
- Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
- Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
- Old Frenchmagnete
- Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
- Latinmagnēs
- Middle Englishmagnete
- Englishmagnet
- Englishmagnet-
- Englishmagneto-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*sorβeō
- Latinsorbeō
- Latinabsorbeō
- Latinabsorptiō
- Englishabsorption
- English todaymagnetoabsorption
From magneto- + absorption.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.