amen
意味
- アーメン(ヘブライ語でcertainly(たしかに)の意.ギリシア語,ラテン語を通して英語にはいってきたもので,「そうなってください」(So be it!またはMay it be so!)という意味.キリスト教徒はお祈りや賛美歌のあとにとなえる)
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
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!”).
関連する単語
amends amendment amend amenity