xaqueca
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃaˈke.ka]
Noun
xaqueca f (plural xaquecas)
- migraine
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 8r.
- Et a tal uertud que tuelle la dolor que ſe faze en la media cabeça aq́ llaman en arauigo xaq́ca. ¬ en latin migranea.
- And its virtue is such that it alleviates the pain felt in the middle of the head, called xaqueca [migraine] in Arabic and migranea in Latin.
- Et a tal uertud que tuelle la dolor que ſe faze en la media cabeça aq́ llaman en arauigo xaq́ca. ¬ en latin migranea.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 8r.
Descendants
- Spanish: jaqueca
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