manziella
Old Spanish
FWOTD – 23 November 2015
Etymology
From Late Latin macella, diminutive of Latin macula (“spot, stain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mãnˈd͡zje.ʎa]
Noun
manziella f (plural manziellas)
- a spot or blemish on the body, especially the eyes
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16v.
- […] ca ella a tal uertud que tuelle aquella manziella blanca que ſe faze en los oios aque dizen nuf […]
- […] for its virtue is such that it removes that white spot that forms on the eyes that they call cloud […]
- […] ca ella a tal uertud que tuelle aquella manziella blanca que ſe faze en los oios aque dizen nuf […]
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 16v.
Descendants
- Spanish: mancilla