Where does “diamanten” come from?
diamanten (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.
diamanten (German): diamond
Ancestry of “diamanten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Old French | diamant | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 7 | Latin | adamās | — |
| 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 |