xaqueca

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈkeka/

Noun

xaqueca f (plural xaquecas)

1. migraine
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 8r:

     Et a tal uertud que tuelle la dolor que ſe faze en la media cabeça aq̃ llaman en arauigo xaq̃ca. ¬ en latin migranea.

     And its virtue is such that it alleviates the pain felt in the middle of the head, called xaqueca [migraine] in Arabic and migranea in Latin.

Descendants

• Spanish: jaqueca