English
table diamond
Table diamond comes from Middle English table dyamond.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500table dyamond
- Englishearliest quotation 1558table diamond
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500table dyamond
- Englishearliest quotation 1558table diamond
Earliest quotation: 1558, Mary Tudor: “And I do humbly beseech my said most dearest…”.
Every English word from Middle English table dyamond
Today it means
noun A relatively flat diamond cut with a large rectangular face and four shallow slightly sloping sides.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English table dyamond / table diamond