Where does “Adam” come from?

Adam (Middle English) comes from Old English Adam, from Latin Ādām, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμ, from Hebrew אָדָם, from Hebrew אדמה — earth, soil, land.

Adam (Middle English): Adam Biblical progenitor of humankind

Definitions

  1. Adam Biblical progenitor of humankind

Ancestry of “Adam”, step by step

Adam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English Adam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishAdamAdam Biblical character
2LatinĀdāmAdam
3Ancient GreekἀδάμAdam husband of Eve
4Hebrewאָדָםearth, man, soil, light brown; Adam; man, person
5Hebrewאדמהearth, soil, land

via Latin adamus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadamus—
2Ancient GreekἌδᾱμος—

Words derived from “Adam”

Every word from Hebrew אדמה →Every word from Hebrew אָדָם →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀδάμ →