Where does “moinante” come from?

moinante (Galician) comes from Galician moina, from Occitan amoinà, 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.

moinante (Galician): a vagabond, a beggar; an idler; a rogue, a...

Definitions

a vagabond, a beggar; an idler; a rogue, a...

Ancestry of “moinante”, step by step

moinante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician moina

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Galician	moina	a fraud, a rascal, a trickster
2	Occitan	amoinà	to beg
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 Galician ante

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Galician	ante	before, in front of

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