Charitable
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Middle English (in the sense ‘showing Christian love to God and man’): from Old French, from charite (see charity).
wiktionary
From Old French charitable.
etymonline
charitable (adj.)
c. 1200, in reference to the Christian virtue, "benevolent, kind, manifesting Christian love in its highest and broadest form," from Old French charitable, from charité (see charity). Meaning "liberal in treatment of the poor" is from c. 1400; that of "inclined to impute favorable motives to others" is from 1620s. Related: Charitableness; charitably.
