Where does “bloeddiamant” come from?
bloeddiamant (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans diamant, from Dutch diamant, from French diamant, from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας — together, one.
bloeddiamant (Afrikaans): blood diamond
Definitions
- blood diamond
Ancestry of “bloeddiamant”, step by step
bloeddiamant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans diamant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | diamant | diamond |
| 2 | Dutch | diamant | diamond; a diamond; The size of type between... |
| 3 | French | diamant | diamond; needle; excelsior |
| 4 | Middle French | diamant | diamond |
| 5 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 6 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 7 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Afrikaans bloed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | bloed | blood |
| 2 | Dutch | bloed | blood; a grave consequence, a high price; a whole... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bloet | blood |
| 4 | Old Dutch | bluot | blood |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |