meezinha

• meezinna, meezỹa

Inherited from Latin medicīna (“medicine, remedy, cure”). Cognate with Old Spanish melezina.

• IPA^(key): /meeˈd͡zi.ɲa/, /meeˈd͡zĩ.j̃a/

meezinha f (plural meezinhas)

1. remedy, medicine
   • a. 1284, 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.

• Galician: menciña
• Portuguese: mezinha

• Universo Cantigas - "meezinha"