Diamond in the English, and Diamant in the French, are both synonymous with Adamant, which comes directly from the Greek . . . meaning literally the untamable, the unconquerable.
—Edwin Streeter, from The Great Diamonds of the World, 1882.
Diamond in the English, and Diamant in the French, are both synonymous with Adamant, which comes directly from the Greek . . . meaning literally the untamable, the unconquerable.
—Edwin Streeter, from The Great Diamonds of the World, 1882.