{"era":"current","word":"amen","meaning":"so be it (liturgical affirmation)","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"amen","meaning":"truly, so be it","children":[{"era":"800s BCE","word":"ʾāmēn","meaning":"truly, certainly, so be it","children":[{"era":"pre-1000 BCE","word":"ʾāman","meaning":"to be firm, reliable, true","children":[],"language":"Proto-Semitic"}],"language":"Hebrew"}],"language":"Latin / Greek ἀμήν"}],"language":"Modern English"}