Where does “الماس” come from?

الماس (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian الماس, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

الماس (Ottoman Turkish): diamond, a transparent and colorless mineral, that is an allotrope of carbon

Definitions

  1. diamond, a transparent and colorless mineral, that is an allotrope of carbon

Ancestry of “الماس”, step by step

الماس traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian الماس

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

via Classical Persian اَلْمَاس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianاَلْمَاس—

Words derived from “الماس”

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