Where does “ադամանդագործ” come from?
ադամանդագործ (Armenian) comes from Armenian ադամանդ, from Old Armenian ադամանդ, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
ադամանդագործ (Armenian): diamond cutter, diamond maker
Definitions
- diamond cutter, diamond maker
Ancestry of “ադամանդագործ”, step by step
ադամանդագործ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian ադամանդ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | ադամանդ | diamond |
| 2 | Old Armenian | ադամանդ | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |