Where does “limos” come from?

limos (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish limosna, from Old Spanish almosna, from Vulgar Latin alemosyna, from Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη, from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων, from Ancient Greek ἐλεέω, from Ancient Greek -έω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “limos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlimosnaalms; charity; charitable donation
2Old Spanishalmosna
3Vulgar Latinalemosynaalms
4Latineleēmosynaalms
5Ancient Greekἐλεημοσύνηpity, mercy; alms, charity
6Ancient Greekἐλεήμωνpitiful, merciful
7Ancient GreekἐλεέωI have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
8Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
9Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “limos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti
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