Where does “Elmhurst” come from?

Elmhurst (English) comes from English elm, from Middle English elme, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic elmaz, from Persian الماس, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.

Elmhurst (English): OS grid ref SP8214

Definitions

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Ancestry of “Elmhurst”, step by step

Elmhurst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English elm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelmA tree of the genus "Ulmus" of the family...
2Middle Englishelme
3Old Englishelmelm tree
4Proto-West Germanic*elmelm tree
5Proto-Germanicelmazelm tree; wood from an elm tree
6Persianالماسdiamond
7Ancient Greekἀδάμαςadamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal...
8Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
9Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
10Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
11Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via English hurst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhurstA wood or grove
2Middle EnglishhirsteA woodland or copse
3Old Englishhyrsthurst, hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded...
4Proto-West Germanichurstithicket, wood, grove; nest
5Proto-Germanichurstiz
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷr̥st-i-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-