Where does “ímã” come from?
ímã (Portuguese) comes from Spanish imán, from Old Spanish aymant, from Old French aïmant, from Vulgar Latin adimas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.
ímã (Portuguese): magnet
Ancestry of “ímã”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | imán | magnet; attraction, charm; imam |
| 2 | Old Spanish | aymant | Apocopic form of aymante |
| 3 | Old French | aïmant | lodestone |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | adimas | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 5 | Latin | adamās | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |