alms

alms · noun¹

1. Ancient Greekἔλεος (éleos)
2. Ancient Greekἐλεέω (eleéō)
3. Ancient Greekἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
4. Ancient Greekἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)
5. Late Latineleēmosyna
6. Vulgar Latin*alēmosyna
7. Proto-West Germanic*alemōsinā
8. Old Englishælmesse
9. Middle Englishalmesse
10. English todayalms

From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”), Catalan almoina (“alms”), Portuguese esmola (“alms”), Galician esmola (“alms”), Spanish limosna (“alms”), French aumône (“alms”).

Alms · proper noun²

1. German · borrowed fromAlms
2. English todayAlms

Borrowed from German Alms, but it could also be a variant of Alm.

Words from the same roots