ἐλεημοσύνη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- pity, mercy
- alms, charity
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (pitiful, merciful).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐλεήμων
Gloss
pitiful, merciful
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eleemosynous English
- almu Finnish
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- elemózsia Hungarian
- elemosina Italian
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- olmose Norwegian Nynorsk
- ælmesse Old English
- ǫlmusa Old Norse
- almosnier Old French
- aumosnier Old French
- almoštvo Serbo-Croatian
- almuštvo Serbo-Croatian
- ölmusa Icelandic
- ελεημοσύνη Greek (modern)
- elusen Welsh
- alamuosa Old High German
- almuosan Old High German
- almsan Old Irish
- lëmoshë Albanian
- esmolla Old Portuguese
- esmolna Old Portuguese
- alamosna Old Saxon
- amoinà Occitan
- almužna Slovene