Etymology

thermomagnetic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to any of several phenomena occurring when an electrical conductor or semiconductor is placed in a temperature gradient and a magnetic field. Full definition →

English magnetic ← Middle English magnete ← Latin magnēs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Old Frenchmagnete
  7. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  8. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  9. Latinmagnēs
  10. Middle Englishmagnete
  11. Englishmagnet
  12. Englishmagnetic
  13. English todaythermomagnetic

From thermo- + magnetic.

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