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Where does “dyamaunt” come from?

dyamaunt (Middle English) comes from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, 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.

dyamaunt (Middle English): diamond; A valuable individual

Definitions

  1. diamond; A valuable individual

Ancestry of “dyamaunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdiamant—
2Late Latindiamas—
3Latinadamās—
4Ancient Greekἀδάμαςadamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal...
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “dyamaunt”

  • diamond
  • diamondback
  • nanodiamond
  • diamondlike
  • diamondiferous
  • diamondoid
  • nondiamond
  • diamondless
  • hyperdiamond
  • diamond cut diamond
  • diamond twill
  • diamondize
  • ダイヤモンド
  • 다이아몬드
  • daimen
  • daimon
  • ಡೈಮಾನ್
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