Latin

eleemosyna

‘pity, mercy’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin eleemosyna.

4 English words in this record descend from Latin eleemosyna, most familiar first.

• alms ← almes ← ælmesse ← *alemōsinā ← *alemosyna
• almoner ← aumener ← almosnier ← almosne ← *alēmosyna
• eleemosynary ← eleēmosynārius
• eleemosynous

Etymograph / Latin eleemosyna