English
Mammon
Mammon comes from Late Latin mammona ‘wealth’, and goes back to Aramaic מָמוֹנָא.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEמָמוֹנָאmāmōnā‘money, wealth’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαμωνᾶςmamōnâs‘wealth’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmammona‘wealth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Mammon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEמָמוֹנָאmāmōnā‘money, wealth’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαμωνᾶςmamōnâs‘wealth’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmammona‘wealth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Mammon
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “No man can ſerue two maſters: for either he…”
Every English word from Aramaic מָמוֹנָא
Today it means
name The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic מָמוֹנָא / Mammon