Reconstruction:Latin/alemosyna

This Latin entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From Church Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), of ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), of ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.leːˈmo.sy.na/, [a.ɫeːˈmɔ.sʏ.na]

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /a.leːˈmɔ.se.na/, [a.leˈmɔ.se.na]

Noun

*alēmosyna f (genitive *alēmosynae); first declension

alms

Inflection

First declension.

Italo-Western declension of *alēmosyna
Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	*alẹmǫ́sẹna	*alẹmǫ́sẹnę
genitive	*alẹmǫ́sẹnę	*alẹmǫsẹnárọ
dative	*alẹmǫ́sẹnę	*alẹmǫ́sẹnis
accusative-ablative	*alẹmǫ́sẹnã	*alẹmǫ́sẹnas

Descendants

Asturian: llimosna
Catalan: almoina, limosna
→ Dutch: aalmoes
- Afrikaans: aalmoes
Esperanto: almozo
Franco-Provençal: armôna
Galician: esmola
Italian: elemosina, limosina
Occitan: almòina
→ Old English: ælmesse
- English: alms
Old French: almosne
- French: aumône
→ Old High German: alamuosan
- Middle High German: almuosen
  - German: Almosen (partly from Middle Low German)
→ Old Norse: ölmusa
- Danish: almisse
- Faroese: olmussa
- Icelandic: ölmusa
- Norwegian: almisse
- Swedish: allmosa
→ Old Saxon: alamosna
- Middle Low German: almōse
Old Spanish: almosna
- Spanish: limosna
Papiamento: limosna
Portuguese: esmola
Sicilian: limòsina
Tagalog: limos

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