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Italian
Adjective
meschine f
- feminine plural of meschino
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”).[1]
Noun
meschine oblique singular, f (oblique plural meschines, nominative singular meschine, nominative plural meschines)
- female servant
- young girl
References
- ^ Michèle Perret (2020) Introduction à l'histoire de la langue française, 5th edition, →ISBN: “Le mot médiéval meschine (arabe miskin : 'humble, pauvre') a désigné, dans l'Orient des croisades d'abord, puis en France, la jeune servante et par extension la jeune fille.”