eleemosynary

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐλεημοσύνη“alms”
2. Late Latin · derived fromeleēmosyna“alms”
3. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromeleēmosynārius“alms dispenser”
4. English todayeleemosynary

From Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, “suffix denoting an abstract noun”). Compare Italian elemosina.

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