Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• meninno
• menino

Noun

menỹo m ‎(plural menỹos, feminine menỹa, feminine plural menỹas)

1. boy (young male human)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 6 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta maria reſſucitou ao menỹo que o Judeu matara por que cantaua Gaude uirgo maria.

     This one is how Holy Mary resurrected the boy who the Jew had killed because he sang Gaude Virgo Maria.

Descendants

• Galician: meniño
• Portuguese: menino
  • Spanish: menino, menina
    • French: menin