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Where does “aelmoeseniere” come from?

aelmoeseniere (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French almosnier, from Latin eleemosynarius, 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.

Ancestry of “aelmoeseniere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchalmosnier—
2Latineleemosynariusalms dispenser
3Latineleēmosyna—
4Ancient Greekἐλεημοσύνηpity, mercy; alms, charity
5Ancient Greekἐλεήμωνpitiful, merciful
6Ancient GreekἐλεέωI have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
7Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “aelmoeseniere”

  • aalmoezenier
  • aalmoezenierskamer
  • aalmoesenier
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