aalmoes
Afrikaans
/ˈɑːl.mus/
noun
Definitions
- alms, charity
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish aalmoes (alms) inherited from Middle Dutch aelmoesene 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
- eleemosynous English
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- elemosina Italian
- aalmoes Dutch, Flemish
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- ἐλεημοσύνη Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- ælmesse Old 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
- almsan Old Irish
- *alimosina gmw-pro
- esmolla Old Portuguese
- esmolna Old Portuguese
- alamosna Old Saxon
- almosna Old Spanish