See also: aumone and aumosne

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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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aumône f (plural aumônes)

  1. alms
  2. (by extension) a small, insulting sum of money

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