Where does “aulmosne” come from?

aulmosne (Middle 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.

aulmosne (Middle French): alms

Definitions

  1. alms

Ancestry of “aulmosne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchalmosnealms
2Vulgar Latinalemosynaalms
3Latineleēmosynaalms
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti