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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”). First attested with the pre-literary spelling misquinos (plural) in the 10th/11th-century San Millan glosses.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mesquino
- poor (lacking money)
Noun
mesquino m
- beggar, homeless person
10th or 11th century, anonymous,
San Millan glosses , (as quoted by Coromines and Pascual):
- qui... pauperibus reddet : qui dat a los misquinos
- ...who gives to the beggars...
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