mesquino
Old Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”). First attested with the pre-literary spelling misquinos (plural) in the 10th/11th-century San Millan glosses.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mesquino
- poor (lacking money)
Noun edit
mesquino m
- beggar, homeless person
- 10th or 11th century, anonymous, San Millan glosses , (as quoted by Coromines and Pascual):
- qui... pauperibus reddet : qui dat a los misquinos
- ...who gives to the beggars...
- qui... pauperibus reddet : qui dat a los misquinos
Descendants edit
- Spanish: mezquino
Further reading edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “mezquino”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 62-63