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
- In an immovable or inflexible manner
Ancestry of “adamantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | adamant | Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined; Very... |
| 2 | Middle English | adamant | adamant, adamantine; An invulnerable or... |
| 3 | Latin | adamantem | accusative singular of adamās |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |