alamuosa

Old High German

Alternative forms

• alamuosan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)

Ancient Greek -συνος (-sunos)

Ancient Greek -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē)

Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)bor.

Latin eleēmosyna

Vulgar Latin *alēmosynabor.

Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā

Old High German alamuosa

From Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleemosyna, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “pity”).

Noun

alamuosa n

1. alms

Descendants

• Middle High German: almuosen (influenced by Middle Low German)
  • Cimbrian: almozen
  • German: Almosen
  • → Czech: almužna
    • → Polish: jałmużna