Where does “adamās” come from?

adamās (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

adamās (Latin): Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant

Definitions

  1. Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant

Ancestry of “adamās”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀδάμαςadamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal...
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “adamās”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας →