Where does “gyémántok” come from?
gyémántok (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian gyémánt, from German Diamant, from Dutch diamant, from French diamant, from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās — together, one.
Ancestry of “gyémántok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | gyémánt | diamond |
| 2 | German | Diamant | diamond; A small size of type, standardized as 4... |
| 3 | Dutch | diamant | diamond; a diamond; The size of type between... |
| 4 | French | diamant | diamond; needle; excelsior |
| 5 | Middle French | diamant | diamond |
| 6 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 7 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 8 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |