Where does “diamonte” come from?
diamonte (English) comes from English diamante, from French diamanté, from French diamant, from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας — together, one.
diamonte (English): A diamante poem
Definitions
- A diamante poem
Ancestry of “diamonte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diamante | An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as... |
| 2 | French | diamanté | past participle of diamanter; adorned with... |
| 3 | French | diamant | diamond; needle; excelsior |
| 4 | Middle French | diamant | diamond |
| 5 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 6 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 7 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |