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

1. remedy, medicine
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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"