Where does “diamond twill” come from?
diamond twill (English) comes from English twill, from Middle English twyll, from Old English twilic, from Latin bilix, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
diamond twill (English): An even-sided twill, in which the weave produces...
Definitions
- An even-sided twill, in which the weave produces...
Ancestry of “diamond twill”, step by step
diamond twill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English twill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | twill | A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges,... |
| 2 | Middle English | twyll | — |
| 3 | Old English | twilic | two-threaded |
| 4 | Latin | bilix | having a double thread |
| 5 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 6 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English diamond
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diamond | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an... |
| 2 | Middle English | dyamaunt | diamond; A valuable individual |
| 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 |