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