Etymograph

English

magnetoactive

From magneto- + active.

Formed from magneto- + active

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

Latin agō ‘to do, to act’

Latin āctīvus

Old French actif

Middle English actyf ‘active’

English active

Today it means

adj Showing any of several forms of magnetic activity

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / magnetoactive