Where does “aimant” come from?
aimant (French) comes from French aimer, from Latin amō, 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.
aimant (French): loving, affectionate; present participle of...
Definitions
- loving, affectionate; present participle of...
Ancestry of “aimant”, step by step
aimant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French aimer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aimer | to love; to like |
| 2 | Latin | amō | to love |
| 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 Vulgar Latin *adimantem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *adimantem | — |
| 2 | Latin | adamantem | accusative singular of adamās |
| 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 |