Where does “mezinha” come from?
mezinha (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese meezinna, 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.
mezinha (Portuguese): home remedy
Definitions
- home remedy
Ancestry of “mezinha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | meezinna | remedy, medicine |
| 2 | Latin | medicina | medicine, remedy, cure; practice or art of... |
| 3 | Latin | medicinus | Of or pertaining to doctors and healing; medical,... |
| 4 | Latin | -inus | Of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |