Etymology of the French word aumône

Date

The earliest known usage of aumône in French dates from the 10th century.

Derivations in French

aumônière, aumôner, aumônieux

Cognates

Dutch aalmoes, English alms, German Almosen, Icelandic ölmusa, Italian limosina, Portuguese esmola, Provençal elemosina, Spanish limosna, Swedish allmosa