meezinna
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin medicīna (“medicine, remedy, cure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
meezinna f
- 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.
- Beueu hũa meezỹa / ⁊ morreu ſen confiſſon.