eleemosynary

Etymology

Came from Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), formed from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”) and -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, “suffix denoting an abstract noun”). Compare Italian elemosina.