meezinha

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

meezinna, meezỹa

Etymology

Inherited from Latin medicīna (“medicine, remedy, cure”). Cognate with Old Spanish melezina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meeˈd͡zi.ɲa/, /meeˈd͡zĩ.j̃a/

Noun

meezinha f

remedy, medicine
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 14 (facsimile):
  
  Beueu hũa meezỹa / ⁊ morreu ſen confiſſon.
  Drank some medicine / and died unconfessed.

Descendants

Galician: menciña
Portuguese: mezinha

Further reading

Universo Cantigas - "meezinha"

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