Where does “omonier” come from?

omonier (Basque) comes from French aumônier, from Old French aumosnier, from Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin alemosyna, from Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη, from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων, from Ancient Greek ἐλεέω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

omonier (Basque): chaplain

Definitions

  1. chaplain

Ancestry of “omonier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaumônieralmoner; chaplain
2Old Frenchaumosnieralmoner; generous; giving
3Old Frenchalmosnealms
4Vulgar Latinalemosynaalms
5Latineleēmosynaalms
6Ancient Greekἐλεημοσύνηpity, mercy; alms, charity
7Ancient Greekἐλεήμωνpitiful, merciful
8Ancient GreekἐλεέωI have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
9Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti