elemosina
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- charity
- (in the plural) alms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin 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
- eleemosynarily English
- eleemosynary English
- eleemosynous English
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- elemózsia Hungarian
- elemosiniere Italian
- limosna Spanish, Castilian
- limosnear Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- ἐλεημοσύνη Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- ælmesse Old English
- ǫlmusa Old Norse
- almosnier Old French
- aumosnier Old French
- elemozină Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ελεημοσύνη Greek (modern)
- elusen Welsh
- alamuosa Old High German
- almuosan Old High German
- almsan Old Irish
- limos Tagalog
- lëmoshë Albanian
- esmolla Old Portuguese
- esmolna Old Portuguese
- alamosna Old Saxon
- amoinà Occitan
- almužna Slovene
- almosna Old Spanish