- eleemosynary
[eleemosynary 词源字典]
- eleemosynary: see alms
[eleemosynary etymology, eleemosynary origin, 英语词源] - eleemosynary (adj.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin eleemosynarius "pertaining to alms," from Late Latin eleemosyna "alms," from Greek eleemosyne "pity" (see alms).