Where does “aim” come from?

Aim comes from Middle English aimen, influenced by Latin amen (to like, to love) and Latin ad (to, toward), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.

aim (English): The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an...

Definitions

  1. The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an...

Ancestry of “aim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishamenamen
2Old Englishāmenamen, so be it
3Ecclesiastical Latinamen—
4Ancient Greekἀμήνtruly, certainly; so be it
5HebrewאמןUsed to express agreement with what was just...

Words derived from “aim”

Every word from Hebrew אמן →