alms
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 施舍，救济金，救济品
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 almesse
- 继承自 ←中古英语 almes
- 继承自 ←古英语 ælmesse
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *alemōsinā
- 源自 ←通俗拉丁语 *alemosyna
- 源自 ←晚期拉丁语 eleēmosyna
- 源自 ←古希腊语 ἐλεημοσύνη “alms”
词源说明
From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”), Catalan almoina (“alms”), Portuguese esmola (“alms”), Galician esmola (“alms”), Spanish limosna (“alms”), French aumône (“alms”).