Where does “diamantino” come from?
diamantino (Spanish) comes from Spanish diamanté, 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.
diamantino (Spanish): Of or relating to diamonds; hard, solid,...
Definitions
- Of or relating to diamonds; hard, solid,...
Ancestry of “diamantino”, step by step
diamantino traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish diamanté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | diamanté | diamond |
| 2 | Dutch | diamant | diamond; a diamond; The size of type between... |
| 3 | French | diamant | diamond; needle; excelsior |
| 4 | Middle French | diamant | diamond |
| 5 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 6 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 7 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 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 |
via Italian diamante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | diamante | diamond; baseball field, ball field, sandlot... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | diamas | — |
via Portuguese diamante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | diamante | Diamond |