Magnet

Morpheme

Magnet

Type

free base

Denotation

lodestone, that which attracts

Etymology

Middle English magnete; Old French magnete; Latin magnētem, from magnēs; Ancient Greek magnêtis

Evidence

diamagnet, electromagnet, ferrimagnet, ferromagnet, helimagnet, magnet, magnetarium, magnetic, magnetify, magnetimeter, magnetism, magnetite, magnetization, magnetize, magnetlike, magneto, magnetoionic, magnetokinesis, magneton, magnetosphere, magnets, metamagnet, micromagnet, nanomagnet, nonmagnet, paramagnet, speromagnet

Notes

<t> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Magnes