Where does “daimen” come from?
daimen (Tok Pisin) comes from English diamond, from Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.
daimen (Tok Pisin): Diamond
Ancestry of “daimen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | diamond | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an... |
| 2 | Middle English | dyamaunt | diamond; A valuable individual |
| 3 | Old French | diamant | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 5 | Latin | adamās | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμας | adamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |