Diamond

Morpheme

Diamond

Type

free base

Denotation

extremely hard mineral form of pure carbon; literally hard, firm

Etymology

Middle English dyamaunt; Old French diamant; Latin adamantem, from adamās; Ancient Greek adámantos, from adámas

Evidence

diamon, diamondback, diamondiferous, diamondize, diamondized, diamondizes, diamondizing, diamondoid, diamonds, diamondwise, heterodiamond, histodiamond, hyperdiamond, nanodiamond, nondiamond

Doublet

Adamant

See Also

Adamant, Adame, Diamant