From Late Latin macella, diminutive of Latin macula (“spot, stain”).
manziella f (plural manziellas)
- a spot or blemish on the body, especially the eyes
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16v:[…] ca ella a tal uertud que tuelle aquella manziella blanca que ſe faze en los oios aque dizen nuf […]- […] for its virtue is such that it removes that white spot that forms on the eyes that they call cloud […]