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Where does “aumônerie” come from?

aumônerie (French) comes from French aumône, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

aumônerie (French): chaplaincy

Definitions

  1. chaplaincy

Ancestry of “aumônerie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaumônealms; a small, insulting sum of money
2Old Frenchalmosnealms
3Vulgar Latinalemosynaalms
4Latineleēmosyna—
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
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