Where does “diamanto” come from?
diamanto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Dio, from Italian Dio, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
diamanto (Esperanto): diamond; one who loves a god or gods
Definitions
- diamond; one who loves a god or gods
Ancestry of “diamanto”, step by step
diamanto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto Dio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | Dio | God |
| 2 | Italian | Dio | God |
| 3 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 4 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Latin diamās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | diamās | — |
| 2 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Esperanto amanto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | amanto | one who loves, a lover |