Etymology

demantoid

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Today it means: A green garnet. Full definition →

German Demantoid ← Middle High German diemant ← Old French diamant
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromdiamant
  2. Middle High German · derived fromdiemant
  3. German · borrowed fromDemantoid
  4. English todaydemantoid

From German Demantoid, from archaic/obsolete Demant (“diamond”) + -oid, from Middle High German diemant, from Old French diamant.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchdiamant all →

diamond

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