meezinha
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin medicīna (“medicine, remedy, cure”). Cognate with Old Spanish melezina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
- Beueu hũa meezỹa / ⁊ morreu ſen confiſſon.