Old Spanish

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 aq́ llaman en arauigo xaq́ca. ¬ 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