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- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Old Frenchmagnete
- Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
- Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
- Latinmagnēs
- Middle Englishmagnete
- Englishmagnet
- Englishmagnetic
- English todaymicromagnetic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.