almosne
Old French
noun
Definitions
- alms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *alemosyna, eleemosyna (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 English
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- Almosen German
- elemózsia Hungarian
- elemosina Italian
- aumône French
- aumônerie French
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- ἐλεημοσύνη Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- ælmesse Old English
- ǫlmusa Old Norse
- almosnier Old French
- ελεημοσύνη Greek (modern)
- almuosan Old High German
- lëmoshë Albanian
- aulmosne Middle French
- *alimosina gmw-pro
- amoinà Occitan
- almužna Slovene
- almosna Old Spanish