Where does “desimantar” come from?

desimantar (Catalan) comes from Catalan imantar, from Catalan imant, from Old French aïmant, from Vulgar Latin adimas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.

desimantar (Catalan): to demagnetize

Definitions

  1. to demagnetize

Ancestry of “desimantar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanimantarto magnetize
2Catalanimantmagnet
3Old Frenchaïmantlodestone
4Vulgar Latinadimassecond-person singular present active subjunctive...
5LatinadamāsAdamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant
6Ancient Greekἀδάμαςadamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal...
7Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
8Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
10Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας