Where does “adhmainteach” come from?
adhmainteach (Irish) comes from Irish adhmaint, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
adhmainteach (Irish): magnetic
Ancestry of “adhmainteach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | adhmaint | adamant, lodestone; magnet |
| 2 | Latin | adamās | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |