aumône
French
noun
Definitions
- alms
- (by extension) a small, insulting sum of money
Etymology
Inherited from Old French almosne 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
- alms-folk English
- almsdeed English
- almsfolk English
- almsful English
- almsgiver English
- almsgiving English
- almshouse English
- almsless English
- almsman English
- almswoman English
- unalmsed English
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- Almosen German
- elemózsia Hungarian
- elemosina Italian
- aumônerie French
- limosna Spanish, Castilian
- limosnear Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- ἐλεημοσύνη Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- ælmesse Old English
- almes Middle English
- ǫlmusa Old Norse
- almosne Old French
- almosnier Old French
- ελεημοσύνη Greek (modern)
- almuosan Old High German
- almono Ido
- limos Tagalog
- almuosen Middle High German
- lëmoshë Albanian
- aulmosne Middle French
- *alimosina gmw-pro
- halmosen Middle Low German
- amoinà Occitan
- almužna Slovene
- almosna Old Spanish
- aa'ms Gullah