Wordwyrt

alms

/ˈɒlmz/OLMZ
/ˈɑlmz/AHLMZ

Meaningcharitable giving

Common meaning: money or food given to people in need

Journey through time

  1. Late Latineleemosyna‘charitable giving’source
  2. Middle Englishalmesse‘charitable giving’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftscharitable giving → money or food given to people in needalms‘money or food given to people in need’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Late Latin eleemosyna ‘charitable giving’.

Roots

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app