Etymology

diamondlike

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Today it means: Having characteristics, or molecular structure, of diamond Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English diamond
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*demh₂-
  6. Ancient Greekδαμνάω (damnáō)?
  7. Ancient Greekἀδάμας (adámas)
  8. Latinadamās
  9. Late Latindiamās
  10. Old Frenchdiamant
  11. Middle Englishdyamaunt
  12. Englishdiamond
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. English todaydiamondlike

From diamond + -like.

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