ferro-
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FinnishEdit
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Internationalism (see English ferro-).
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From chemin de fer (literally “iron paths”).
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- Relating to railways
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- ferro-
- forms terms relating to railways/railroads
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- ferro-
- ferro- + magnetyzm → ferromagnetyzm
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From ferrum (“iron”). The "railroad" sense comes from ferrocarril (“railroad”, literally “iron path”).
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- “ferro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014