Etymology

adam

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Today it means: The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday, most commonly Christmas. Full definition →

Middle English Adam ← Old English Adam ← Latin Ādām
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adam · noun1

From Adam in Adam and Eve as opposed to eve.

Adam · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔadam-
  2. Hebrewאָדָם
  3. Ancient GreekἈδάμ (Adám)
  4. LatinĀdām
  5. Old EnglishAdam
  6. Middle EnglishAdam
  7. English todayAdam

From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

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