Where does “diademă” come from?
diademă (Romanian) comes from French diadème, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα, from Ancient Greek διαδέω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
diademă (Romanian): diadem
Ancestry of “diademă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | diadème | diadem |
| 2 | Latin | diadēma | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διάδημα | headband; diadem , crown |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διαδέω | to encircle, bind, wrap around; I bind around;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |