aymant

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ajˈmãnt]

Noun

aymant m (plural aymantes)

1. 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 [magnet] in the Castilian language.

Descendants

• Spanish: imán