alms
English
/ɑːmz/, /ɑmz/
noun
Definitions
- Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English almes inherited from Old English ælmesse inherited from *alimosina derived from Latin *alemosyna, eleēmosyna (alms) derived from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (alms, pity, mercy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐλεημοσύνη
Gloss
alms, pity, mercy
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
哀
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alms-folk English
- almsdeed English
- almsfolk English
- almsful English
- almsgiver English
- almsgiving English
- almshouse English
- almsless English
- almsman English
- almswoman English
- deed English
- eleemosynous English
- folk English
- giver English
- giving English
- house English
- man English
- unalmsed English
- woman English
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- Almosen German
- elemosina Italian
- aalmoes Dutch, Flemish
- aumône French
- aumônerie French
- limosna Spanish, Castilian
- limosnear Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- ἐλεημοσύνη Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- ælmesse Old English
- almes Middle English
- almeshous Middle English
- almesȝevere Middle English
- ǫlmusa Old Norse
- almosne Old French
- aumosnier Old French
- ελεημοσύνη Greek (modern)
- elusen Welsh
- aelmoesene Middle Dutch
- alamuosa Old High German
- almuosan Old High German
- almonar Ido
- almono Ido
- almsan Old Irish
- aalmoes Afrikaans
- limos Tagalog
- almuosen Middle High German
- *alimosina gmw-pro
- esmolla Old Portuguese
- esmolna Old Portuguese
- halmosen Middle Low German
- almozen Cimbrian
- alamosna Old Saxon
- jelmisse Old Frisian
- almosna Old Spanish
- Aalmoose Saterland Frisian
- aa'ms Gullah