diamant.
diamond (substance)
Meaning & usage
diamond (substance)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas. The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.
a diamond
the size of type between kwart cicero (excelsior) and parel, equivalent to English brilliant and standardized as 4 point
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch diamant, from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin and Late Latin diamas, variant of Latin adamas. The typographic use derives from Dirck Voskens, who first cut it around 1700 and presumably named it by analogy with the larger parel.
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