Vroulik

aumône

(Engels)

  1. (feminine) alms
  2. (broadly, feminine) a small, insulting sum of money

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/o.mon/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Old French almosne, from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”).

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