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The universe's oldest 'ditto' — said when you agree too hard to find new words.
means A word said at the end of a prayer or statement to affirm 'this is true' or 'so be it.'
from From Hebrew 'amen,' meaning 'truth' or 'certainty,' rooted in a verb meaning to be firm, confirmed, or trustworthy. It passed into Greek, then Latin, carried largely unchanged through centuries of scripture and liturgy — a rare case of a word crossing languages while keeping both its sound and its job intact.
- origin
- Hebrew for truly or so be it
- cross-faith
- Used unchanged in Judaism, Christianity, Islam
- linguistic fossil
- Barely changed in 3000 years
- non-religious use
- Now just means hard agree