eleemosyna
Latin
noun
Definitions
- alms
- almshouse
- pity, mercy
Etymology
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
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- eleēmosynārius Latin
- alamizsna Hungarian
- elemózsia Hungarian
- elemosina Italian
- elemosiniere Italian
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- ἐλεημοσύνη Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- olmose Norwegian Nynorsk
- aumener Old English
- ælmesse Old English
- almes Middle English
- ǫlmusa Old Norse
- almosne Old French
- almosnier Old French
- moine Old French
- ölmusa Icelandic
- moina Galician
- elemozină Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ελεημοσύνη Greek (modern)
- aelmoeseniere Middle Dutch
- almuosan Old High German
- lëmoshë Albanian
- *alimosina gmw-pro
- amoinà Occitan
- almužna Slovene
- almosna Old Spanish