| Remarks |
'Diamond', i.e., highly valued precious stone of native crystalline carbon (p. 350 in Ref. 11978), from Old French 'diamant' from medieval Latin 'diamant-' from Vulgar Latin 'adimant-' from Latin 'adamant, adamas', i.e., hard substances (p. 169 in Ref. 11979); 'stingray', i.e., ray with one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines near the base of the whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds (p. 1158 in Ref. 11978); 'sting', from prehistoric Germanic 'stengg-', i.e., pierce with something sharp (p. 503 in Ref. 11979); 'ray', from Old French 'raie' from Latin 'raia', of unknown origin (p. 433 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 4925. |
