Etymograph

English

diamantaire

Diamantaire comes from French diamantaire ‘a person who sells or cuts diamonds’, and goes back to Late Latin diamas.

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdiamas1
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400diamant1‘diamond’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600diamant1‘diamond’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentdiamant2‘diamond’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentdiamantaire3‘a person who sells or cuts diamonds’
  6. Englishtodaydiamantaire3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, French diamant
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French diamantaire
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English diamantaire

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEdiamasWiktionary, French diamant
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400diamantWiktionary, French diamant‘diamond’
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600diamantWiktionary, French diamant‘diamond’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentdiamantWiktionary, French diamantaire‘diamond’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentdiamantaireWiktionary, English diamantaire‘a person who sells or cuts diamonds’
  6. EnglishtodaydiamantaireWiktionary, English diamantaire

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- ‘to tame, domesticate’

indomitable, daunt, 11 more

through Ancient Greek ἀδάμας ‘adamant, the hardest metal’

adamantine, 7 more

through Latin adamās ‘Adamant’

adamant, 3 more

through Old French diamant ‘diamond’

diamond, 3 more

Today it means

noun An expert in the cutting of diamonds into gems.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “diamantaire”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for French diamant, French diamantaire. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Late Latin diamas / diamantaire

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