Where does “beamen” come from?
beamen (Dutch) comes from English beam, from Middle English beem, from Old English bēam, from Proto-West Germanic baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
beamen (Dutch): to say, reply 'amen' after an uttering, notably...
Definitions
- to say, reply 'amen' after an uttering, notably...
Ancestry of “beamen”, step by step
beamen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beam | Any large piece of timber or iron long in... |
| 2 | Middle English | beem | A usually wooden beam or pole |
| 3 | Old English | bēam | tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
via Dutch beamenen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | beamenen | to say, reply 'amen' after an uttering, notably... |
| 2 | Dutch | amen | amen; at the end of Judeo-Christian prayers: so... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | amen | amen, so be it |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | amen | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀμήν | truly, certainly; so be it |
| 6 | Hebrew | אמן | Used to express agreement with what was just... |