Where does “imán” come from?
imán (Spanish) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
imán (Spanish): magnet; attraction, charm; imam
Definitions
- magnet; attraction, charm; imam
Ancestry of “imán”, step by step
imán traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Spanish aymant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | aymant | Apocopic form of aymante |
| 2 | Old French | aïmant | lodestone |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | adimas | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 4 | Latin | adamās | Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Arabic إِمَام
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | إِمَام | leader, imam |