The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
bn.
DEFINITION:
Common Semitic noun *bn-, son, and feminine derivative *bint-, daughter. I. Common Semitic *bn-.1a.bar mitzvah, from Aramaic bar, bound form of br, son; b.Barabbas, from Aramaic bar-abb, son of the father (probably a nickname, or a joking name for a bastard; abb, father; see b); c. Barnabas, from Aramaic bar-nbô, son of Nabu (nbô, Nabu, Akkadian deity, from Akkadian nabû). 2a.B'nai B'rith, from Hebrew bnê, plural bound form of bn, son; b.Benjamin, from Hebrew binymîn, son of the right hand, from bin-, frozen bound form of bn (ymîn, right hand, south; see ymn). II. Common Semitic *bint-.1a.bat mitzvah, from Hebrew bat (< *batt < *bitt < *bint), daughter; b.Bathsheba, from Hebrew bat-ebac (see bc). 2.bint, from Arabic bint, daughter.
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, son; b. Barabbas, from Aramaic bar-
abb
n, son; b. Benjamin, from Hebrew biny
ebac (see 
