ABSTRACT
Ainu: ME alma, earlier aImesse: OEaelmysse: LL e/(e)imosyna: LOr e1eemoslPll, compassion, a};ns, from Gr elalmcm, merciful, from eleOl, compassion (0.0.0.). LL e/(e)imosyna acquired, in ML, the adj el(e)imosyndriMs. whence E eleemosytrQI'y; also prob via VL ·aiemosina, it yielded OF aImome. whence the agent aImosn/er, QUmOsnier, whence ME aumener, whence E almoner; and OF aImo.rne yielded aumosnerie, whence E almonry.
