Where does “limosnear” come from?

limosnear (Spanish) comes from Spanish limosna, from Old Spanish almosna, 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.

limosnear (Spanish): to beg for alms

Definitions

  1. to beg for alms

Ancestry of “limosnear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlimosnaalms; charity; charitable donation
2Old Spanishalmosna—
3Vulgar Latinalemosynaalms
4Latineleēmosynaalms
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Ancient Greek -έω →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →