Scripture

amen

A Hebrew word of assent — 'surely, so be it' — that Greek and Latin scripture kept untranslated, so it spread unchanged into almost every language of Christianity and Islam: from Gothic and Ge'ez to Persian, Swahili, Māori and Korean.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Biblical Hebrew to Syriac, Arabic

From Arabic to Persian, Urdu

From Arabic to Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Arabic to Malay

From Arabic to Swahili

From Arabic to Hausa

From Koine Greek to Gothic

From Koine Greek to Coptic

From Koine Greek to Ge'ez, Amharic

From Koine Greek to Armenian

From Koine Greek to Georgian

From Koine Greek to Old Church Slavonic, Old East Slavic, Russian

From Late Latin to Old High German, German

From Late Latin to Old French, French

From Late Latin to Italian

From Late Latin to Spanish

From Late Latin to Portuguese

From Late Latin to Polish

From English to American English

From English to Māori

From English to Yoruba

From English to Japanese

From English to Korean

600 BCEBiblical Hebrew

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

The road to English

From Koine Greek to Ge'ez, Amharic

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