Where does “limosnero” come from?

limosnero (Tagalog) comes from Spanish limosnero, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

limosnero (Tagalog): beggar

Definitions

  1. beggar

Ancestry of “limosnero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlimosnerocharitable
2Spanishlimosnaalms; charity; charitable donation
3Old Spanishalmosna—
4Vulgar Latinalemosynaalms
5Latineleēmosynaalms
6Ancient Greekἐλεημοσύνηpity, mercy; alms, charity
7Ancient Greekἐλεήμωνpitiful, merciful
8Ancient GreekἐλεέωI have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
9Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-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 →