The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάδημα“band, especially worn around a tiara”
- Latin · derived fromdiadēma
- Old French · derived fromdiademe
- Middle English · inherited fromdiademe
- English todaydiadem
From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.