Where does “aumône” come from?

aumône (French) comes from Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin alemosyna, from Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη, from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων, from Ancient Greek ἐλεέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

aumône (French): alms; a small, insulting sum of money

Definitions

alms; a small, insulting sum of money

Ancestry of “aumône”, step by step

aumône traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French almosne

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	almosne	alms
2	Vulgar Latin	alemosyna	alms
3	Latin	eleēmosyna	alms
4	Ancient Greek	ἐλεημοσύνη	pity, mercy; alms, charity
5	Ancient Greek	ἐλεήμων	pitiful, merciful
6	Ancient Greek	ἐλεέω	I have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
7	Ancient Greek	-έω	Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
8	Proto-Indo-European	-éyeti	Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9	Proto-Indo-European	-yeti	Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via German Almosen

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	Almosen	alms
2	Middle High German	almuosen	alms
3	Old High German	alamuosa	alms
4	Proto-West Germanic	*alemōsinā	alms

Words derived from “aumône”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Ancient Greek -έω →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →