almosne

Old French

Alternative forms

almone, aumone, aumosne

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleemosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”).

Pronunciation

(archaic) IPA^(key): /alˈmɔsnə/
(classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈmoːnə/

Noun

almosne oblique singular, f (oblique plural almosnes, nominative singular almosne, nominative plural almosnes)

alms (charitable donations given to the poor)

Related terms

Descendants

French: aumône

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (almosne)

aumone on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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