Where does “Diamantring” come from?
Diamantring (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.
Diamantring (German): diamond ring
Definitions
- diamond ring
Ancestry of “Diamantring”, step by step
Diamantring 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 ring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ring | singular imperative of ringen; first-person... |
| 2 | Old High German | ring | ring object in the shape of a circle |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hring | ring, circle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hringaz | ring, circle; curve; sound, ring |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krengʰ- | to turn, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |