Where does “Diamantenmine” come from?
Diamantenmine (German) comes from German Diamant, 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 — together, one.
Diamantenmine (German): diamond mine
Definitions
- diamond mine
Ancestry of “Diamantenmine”, step by step
Diamantenmine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Diamant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Diamant | diamond; A small size of type, standardized as 4... |
| 2 | Dutch | diamant | diamond; a diamond; The size of type between... |
| 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 |
via German Mine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mine | a mine; pencil lead, ballpoint pen reservoir |
| 2 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 3 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 4 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 5 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 6 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |