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

1. 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (almosne)
• aumone on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub