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Charity's original name, before it got a PR team and a tax deduction.
means Money, food, or goods given freely to the poor as an act of charity.
from Alms comes from Old English ælmesse, which traces back through Vulgar Latin to Greek eleēmosynē — 'pity' or 'compassion,' rooted in the word eleos, 'mercy.' The word traveled through early Christian Latin and Germanic languages, shedding syllables as it went, which is why this short, plain little word hides such a long and merciful history inside it.
- etymology
- from Greek eleemosyne, meaning compassion
- religious role
- required pillar in Islam, Christianity, Judaism
- same root
- gives us the word alimony
- modern form
- basically what GoFundMe pretends to be