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Where does “meezinna” come from?

meezinna (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin medicina, from Latin medicinus, from Latin -inus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

meezinna (Old Portuguese): remedy, medicine

Definitions

  1. remedy, medicine

Ancestry of “meezinna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmedicinamedicine, remedy, cure; practice or art of...
2LatinmedicinusOf or pertaining to doctors and healing; medical,...
3Latin-inusOf or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “meezinna”

  • mezinha
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