miserere · proper noun, noun1
- Latin · derived frommiserēre“have pity”
- Middle English · inherited frommiserere
- English todaymiserere
From Middle English miserere, a borrowing from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), first word of the 51st Psalm (50th in the older Greek and Latin numbering), translating Ancient Greek ἐλέησον (eléēson) and Biblical Hebrew חָנֵּנִי (ḥānnēnî), inflected form of חָנַן (ḥānan, “have mercy”).
Miserere · proper noun2
- Latin · borrowed frommiserēre“have pity”
- English todayMiserere
Borrowed from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), the first word of the psalm in that language.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.