Adam
Middle English
/aˈdaːm/
proper noun
Definitions
- Adam Biblical progenitor of humankind.
- Adam.
- (with newe or last) Jesus Christ.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Ādāmus derived from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ derived from אָדָם (light brown, earth, soil, man, person, human).
Origin
אָדָם
Gloss
light brown, earth, soil, man, person, human
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Acheson English
- Adam English
- Adamesque English
- Adamian English
- Adamic English
- Adamical English
- Adamish English
- Adamite English
- Adamitism English
- Adamless English
- Adamson English
- Addison English
- Aitchison English
- Atcheson English
- Adam Latin
- Ādām Latin
- Ādāmus Latin
- Adamo Italian
- Адам Russian
- Ἀδάμ Ancient Greek
- Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος Ancient Greek
- Adam Old English
- Adamo Esperanto
- Αδάμ Greek (modern)
- Ադամ Old Armenian
- אָדָם Hebrew (modern)
- אָדָם Hebrew (modern)
- Adam Tok Pisin
- אָדָם hbo