Where does “diamans” come from?
diamans (Medieval Latin) comes from Late Latin adimas, from Latin adamas, 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 “diamans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | adimas | — |
| 2 | Latin | adamas | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an... |
| 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 |