esmola
Portuguese
/iʒ.ˈmɔ.lɐ/
noun
Definitions
- alms small amount of money or goods given to someone as charity
- almsgiving the practice of giving alms
- (figurative) a small benefit or help given to someone in need
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese esmolla 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
- eleemosynous English
- *alemosyna Latin
- eleemosyna Latin
- eleēmosyna Latin
- elemosina Italian
- limosna Spanish, Castilian
- limosnear Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
- ἐλεημοσύνη Ancient Greek
- almosa Swedish
- almisse Norwegian Nynorsk
- ǫlmusa Old Norse
- aumosnier Old French
- esmola Galician
- ελεημοσύνη Greek (modern)
- elusen Welsh
- alamuosa Old High German
- almuosan Old High German
- almsan Old Irish
- limos Tagalog
- esmolla Old Portuguese
- esmolna Old Portuguese
- alamosna Old Saxon
- almosna Old Spanish