Where does “Diamant” come from?
Diamant (German) comes from Dutch diamant, from French diamant, from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.
Diamant (German): diamond; A small size of type, standardized as 4...
Definitions
- diamond; A small size of type, standardized as 4...
Ancestry of “Diamant”, step by step
Diamant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch diamant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | diamant | diamond; a diamond; The size of type between... |
| 2 | French | diamant | diamond; needle; excelsior |
| 3 | Middle French | diamant | diamond |
| 4 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 5 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 6 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Middle High German dīemant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | dīemant | — |