Message: "Immanuel like immanence?"

Immanuel like immanence?

by apartofme (guest)

7/20/2004, 3:21 PM

Does the word "immanence" ('to exist or remain within') actually have the same origin as "immanu" ('with us') in Immanuel?

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- Miranda (Randee15) +2

7/20/2004, 3:48 PM

Nope. According to Dictionary.com:
Late Latin immanns, immanent- present participle of immanre, to remain in : Latin in-, in; see in-2 + Latin manre, to remain; see men-3 in Indo-European Roots.

In short, there's no connection between "immanence" and Immanuel.

Miranda

- Andy (guest) +1

7/20/2004, 9:56 PM

To complete this:
"IM" in Hebrew is a preposition meaning "with".
"ANU" is a possessive suffix 1. person plural.
"EL" is the word for "God".
Sometimes it's as easy as this.

Andy ;—)

- apartofme (guest)

7/21/2004, 6:16 AM

Thank you ;-)

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