The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
mn.
DEFINITION:
West Semitic, to be firm, confirmed, reliable, faithful, have faith, believe. a.amen, from Hebrew mn, truly, certainly; b.Mammon, from Aramaic mmon, probably from Mishnaic Hebrew mmôn, probably from earlier *mamn (? “security, deposit”). Both a and b from Hebrew man, to be firm.
mn.
m
n, truly, certainly; b. Mammon, from Aramaic m
n (? “security, deposit”). Both a and b from Hebrew 
