aymante
Old Spanish
editAlternative forms
edit- aymant (apocopic)
Etymology
editFrom Medieval Latin [Term?], ultimately from Latin adamās (“adamant”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “invincible”), reinforced by Old French aïmant.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaymante f (plural aymantes)
- magnet, lodestone
- 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.
Synonyms
edit- magnete m
Descendants
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- Old Spanish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Old Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Old Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Old Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old Spanish terms derived from Old French
- Old Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Spanish lemmas
- Old Spanish nouns
- Old Spanish feminine nouns
- Old Spanish terms with quotations
- osp:Alchemy