Amen
Sign in to saveEnglish
Root
hameno
I do not know; whatever; let it stand
Amen from Shona hameno on h m n frame
- Confidence
- 60/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- AmenEnglish
The consensus position
Amen in English comes from Hebrew ʾāmēn via Greek and Latin; no accepted connection to Shona forms is recognized.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 7 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
An account opens 10 entries in full, free.