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Where does “adamantly” come from?

Adamantly comes from Middle English -ly added to adamant, from Latin adamantem meaning "unconquerable," derived from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας combining the negation prefix ἀ- with a root from Proto-Indo-European demh₂-.

adamantly (English): In an immovable or inflexible manner

Definitions

  1. In an immovable or inflexible manner

Ancestry of “adamantly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadamantFirm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined; Very...
2Middle Englishadamantadamant, adamantine; An invulnerable or...
3Latinadamantemaccusative singular of adamās
4Ancient Greekἀδάμαςadamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal...
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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