Etymology of the English word diamond
the English word
diamondderived from the Old French word
diamantderived from the Medieval Latin word
diamasusing the Medieval Latin prefix
diamas-derived from the Latin word
adamas (steel, hardest iron; anything hard)
derived from the Greek word
adamas, ἀδάμας
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*demə-derived from the Greek word
damanDate
The earliest known usage of diamond in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
diamondback,
diamondiferousCognates
Catalan
diamant, Dutch
diamant, French
diamant, German
Diamant, Italian
diamante, Lithuanian
deimantas, Norwegian
diamant, Polish
diament, Spanish
diamante, Swedish
diamantUsage
Word found in Modern English
