Where does “adamante” come from?

adamante (Spanish) comes from Latin adamantem, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

adamante (Spanish): diamond

Definitions

  1. diamond

Ancestry of “adamante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadamantemaccusative singular of adamās
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ-Every word from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας
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