Reconstruction:Latin/alemosyna

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alteration of Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), borrowed from Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aleˈmosɪna/

Noun

*alēmosyna f (oblique *alēmosynam); first declension (Proto-Romance)

alms

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- → Albanian: lëmoshë (or via Germanic)
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: limosina (popular)
- Sicilian: limòsina
  - → Maltese: limosja
Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: limòśna, limòşna, limôṡna
- Ligurian: limôxina
- Lombard: limòsna
- Piedmontese: limòsna
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: armôna, môrna, remôna, èrmôna
- Old French: almosne, almone, aumone, aumosne
  - French: aumône
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: almosna
- Catalan: almoina
- Occitan:
  Auvergnat: aumòrna, almòrna
  Gascon: aumoina
  Languedocien: almòina
  Limousin: aumòsna, armòina
  Provençal: aumòrna
  Vivaro-Alpine: aumoina, aumona
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: llimosna
- Old Portuguese: elmosna, esmolna, esmolna, esmolla
  - Galician: esmola, elemosia, almosna, esmonla
  - Portuguese: esmola
- Old Spanish: almosna
  - Spanish: limosna (see there for further descendants)
Borrowings:
- → Middle Welsh: *elfusen
  - Welsh: elusen
- → Old Irish: almsan
  - Middle Irish: almsa
    - Irish: almsa
- → Proto-West Germanic: *alemōsinā (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Slavic: *alъmužъna (or all borrowed from Germanic)
  - Czech: almužna
  - Polish: jałmużna
  - Slovak: almužna
  - Slovene: almužna
    - → Hungarian: alamizsna