xaqueca

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Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa).

Pronunciation

Noun

xaqueca f (plural xaquecas)

  1. migraine
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 8r:
      Et a tal uertud que tuelle la dolor que ſe faze en la media cabeça aq̃ llaman en arauigo xaq̃ca. ¬ 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.

Descendants

  • Spanish: jaqueca