alleryThe word magnet comes from a Greek place where lodestones were found. Which place?
AMagnesia
BMycenae
CMacedonia
DMarathon
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Magnesia
1. The word came into English from Latin magnetum, meaning lodestone.
2. That traces to Greek for stone from Magnesia, in Anatolia.
3. The other places are not linked to lodestone.
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