noun · femininefirst declension
alēmosyna
*alēmosyna f (oblique *alēmosynam)
Meaning
- Proto Romancereconstructionalms
Origins
Alteration of Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), borrowed from Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”).
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseesmolafrom Old Galician-Portuguese elmosna
- Spanishlimosnafrom Old Spanish elemosina
- Aragonesealmosna
- Asturianllimosnafrom Old Leonese alimosna
- Asturianallimosnafrom Old Leonese alimosna
- Galicianesmolafrom Old Galician-Portuguese elmosna
- Galicianelemosiafrom Old Galician-Portuguese elmosna
- Galicianalmosnafrom Old Galician-Portuguese elmosna
- Galicianesmonlafrom Old Galician-Portuguese elmosna
- Mirandesesmolafrom Old Galician-Portuguese elmosna
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianlimosina
- Neapolitanlemòsina
- Malteselimosjafrom Sicilian limòsina
- Venetanłimòzina
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Frenchaumônefrom Old French almosne
- Franco-Provençalarmôna
- Franco-Provençalmôrna
- Franco-Provençalremôna
- Franco-Provençalèrmôna
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalanalmoina
- Auvergnataumòrna
- Auvergnatalmòrna
- Gasconaumoina
- Languedocienalmòina
- Limousinaumòsna
- Limousinarmòina
- Provençalaumòrna
- Vivaro-Alpineaumoina
- Vivaro-Alpineaumona
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianlimòśna
- Emilianlimòşna
- Emilianlimôṡna
- Ligurianlimôxina
- Lombardlimòsna
- Piedmonteselimòsna
Elsewhere
- Albanianlëmoshë
- Bretonaluzenfrom Proto-Brythonic *elβ̃ʉsen
- Cornishalusenfrom Proto-Brythonic *elβ̃ʉsen
- Welshelusenfrom Proto-Brythonic *elβ̃ʉsen
- Irishalmsafrom Old Irish almsan
- Proto-West Germanic*alemōsinā
- Czechalmužnafrom Proto-Slavic *alъmužъna
- Polishjałmużnafrom Proto-Slavic *alъmužъna
- Slovakalmužnafrom Proto-Slavic *alъmužъna
- Hungarianalamizsnafrom Proto-Slavic *alъmužъna
In English words that came into English from alēmosyna
- alms*alemosyna