elemosina

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.leˈmɔ.zi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔzina
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧mò‧si‧na

Etymology 1

  • Etymology tree
    Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)
    Proto-Indo-European *-eti
    Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
    Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
    Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
    Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
    Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
    Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
    Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)
    Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
    Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
    Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
    Ancient Greek -συνος (-sunos)
    Ancient Greek -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē)
    Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)bor.
    Late Latin eleēmosynalbor.
    Italian elemosina

    Learned borrowing from Late Latin eleēmosyna, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē). Compare the inherited counterpart limosina, now archaic.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    elemosina f (plural elemosine)

    1. charity
    2. (in the plural) alms
    Descendants
    • → Romanian: elemozină

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    elemosina

    1. inflection of elemosinare:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative
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