Where does “diamant” come from?
diamant (Dutch) comes from French diamant, from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.
diamant (Dutch): diamond; a diamond; The size of type between...
Definitions
- diamond; a diamond; The size of type between...
Ancestry of “diamant”, step by step
diamant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French diamant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | diamant | diamond; needle; excelsior |
| 2 | Middle French | diamant | diamond |
| 3 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 4 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 5 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Middle Dutch diamant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | diamant | diamond |