Where does “diamantring” come from?
diamantring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål diamant, 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- — together, one.
diamantring (Norwegian Bokmål): a diamond ring
Ancestry of “diamantring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | diamant | diamond; the smallest typeface in letterpress... |
| 2 | Old French | diamant | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 4 | Latin | adamās | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |