almosne
Old French
Alternative forms
- almone
- aumone
- aumosne
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleemosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”).
Noun
almosne f (oblique plural almosnes, nominative singular almosne, nominative plural almosnes)
- alms (charitable donations given to the poor)
Related terms
- aumosner
- aumosnier
Descendants
- French: aumône
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (almosne)
- aumone on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub