amen

amen · interjection, adverb, noun, verb¹

1. Biblical Hebrewאָמֵן (āmên)
2. Koine Greekᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn)
3. Ecclesiastical Latināmēn
4. Old Englishāmen
5. Middle Englishamen
6. English todayamen

Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English āmen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels; elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly, indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).

Amen · proper noun²

1. Arabic · derived fromأَمِين
2. German · derived fromAmmann
3. English todayAmen

Multiple origins, including a respelling of German Ammann or a variant of Amin from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).

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