alimony

• n. [仏]扶養料; 維持費.

mony、名詞の接尾辞、語源は-mentと同じ。

alimony

alimony: [17] Alimony is an anglicization of Latin alimōnia, which is based on the verb alere ‘nourish’ (source of alma ‘bounteous’, as in alma mater, and of alumnus). This in turn goes back to a hypothetical root *al-, which is also the basis of English adolescent, adult, altitude (from Latin altus ‘high’), and old.

The original sense ‘nourishment, sustenance’ has now died out, but the specialized ‘support for a former wife’ is of equal antiquity in English. The -mony element in the word represents Latin -mōnia, a fairly meaning-free suffix used for forming nouns from verbs (it is related to -ment, which coincidentally was also combined with alere, to form alimentary), but in the later 20th century it took on a newly productive role in the sense ‘provision of maintenance for a former partner’. Palimony ‘provision for a former non-married partner’ was coined around 1979, and in the 1980s appeared dallymony ‘provision for somebody one has jilted’.
=> adult, altitude, alumnus, old

alimony (n.)

1650s, "nourishment," also "allowance to a wife from a husband's estate, or in certain cases of separation," from Latin alimonia "food, support, nourishment, sustenance," from alere "to nourish" (see old) + -monia suffix signifying action, state, condition (cognate with Greek -men). Derived form palimony coined 1979.

1. His ex-wife has upped the ante in her alimony suit against him.

元妻が慰謝料の引き上げを求めて訴訟を起こしている。

2.A great deal of Jeff 's money went in alimony to his three former wives.

ジェフのお金の多くは、3人前の妻に慰謝料を支払うために使われています。

3.When his wife was awarded alimony by the court,Snow had to ante up.

奥さんが離婚慰謝料を得たと裁判所に判断されたとき、スノーはこのお金を払わなければならなかった。

4.You may have to pay alimony if the divorce goes through.

離婚したら、あなたも相手に慰謝料を払わなければなりません。

5.It 's alimony I got from my husband.

それは私が夫からもらった扶養費です。