alms – Goes back to Greek eleemosune, “compassion, pity,” and eleos, “mercy.” More…
bemoan, lament – Bemoaning is motivated when pity or grief is over an event that is joined to a consequence, whereas lamenting is motivated when the grief is over the event itself. More…
pity, piety – Pity and piety shared the meanings “compassion” and “dutifulness, reverence” for a while. More…
ruth, ruthless, ruthful – Ruth, meaning “compassion, pity,” is part of ruthless and ruthful. More…