Where does “diemwnt” come from?
diemwnt (Welsh) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
diemwnt (Welsh): diamond (material)
Definitions
- diamond (material)
Ancestry of “diemwnt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dyamaunt | diamond; A valuable individual |
| 2 | Old French | diamant | diamond |
| 3 | Late Latin | diamas | — |
| 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 |