Amun

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἌμμων
2. Egyptian · derived fromjmn“the god Amun”
3. Coptic · derived fromⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ
4. English todayAmun

From Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), from Egyptian jmn (“the god Amun”). The variant forms Ammon and Amon are from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from the same Egyptian source. The variant Amen is from Ȧmen, Lepsius’s obsolete 19th century transcription of the original Egyptian word.

Words from the same roots