Where does “дијамант” come from?
дијамант (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Diamant, from Dutch diamant, from French diamant, from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας — together, one.
дијамант (Serbo-Croatian): diamond
Ancestry of “дијамант”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Diamant | diamond; A small size of type, standardized as 4... |
| 2 | Dutch | diamant | diamond; a diamond; The size of type between... |
| 3 | French | diamant | diamond; needle; excelsior |
| 4 | Middle French | diamant | — |
| 5 | Old French | diamant | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 7 | Latin | adamās | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |