Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• meezỹa

Noun

meezinna f

1. remedy, medicine
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 14 (facsimile):

     Beueu hũa meezỹa / ⁊ morreu ſen confiſſon.

     Drank some medicine / and died unconfessed.

Descendants

• Galician: menciña
• Portuguese: mezinha