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Middle English
Etymology
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Noun
aymant (plural aymants)
- Alternative form of adamant
Old French
Noun
aymant oblique singular, ? (oblique plural aymanz or aymantz, nominative singular aymant, nominative plural aymanz or aymantz)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of adamant
References
adamant in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
aymant m (plural aymantes)
- Apocopic form of aymante (“magnet”)
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 1v:Dela piedra aque llaman magnitat en caldeo ⁊ en arauigo. ⁊ en latin magnetes. ⁊ en lenguage caſtellano aymant.- Of the stone they call magnitat in Chaldean and Arabic, and magnetes in Latin, and aymant in the Castilian language.
Descendants