manziella

Old Spanish
FWOTD – 23 November 2015

Etymology

From Late Latin macella, diminutive of Latin macula (“spot, stain”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /manˈd͡zjeʎa/

Noun

manziella f (plural manziellas)

  1. 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 […]

Descendants
  • Spanish: mancilla
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