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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin , ultimately from Latin adamās (“adamant”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “invincible”), reinforced by Old French aïmant.
Pronunciation
Noun
aymante f (plural aymantes)
- magnet, lodestone
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:Et aun a otra p̃priedat que el uidrio la obedece ⁊ tiral aſſi como la aymante tira el fierro.- And yet another property is that glass obeys it and it pulls it, just like the magnet attracts iron.
- Idem, f. 55r.
Et purga el oro como dixiemos delas otras aymantes que an poder de purgar.- And it purges gold in the same way we said other magnets have the power to purge.
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