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Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa).
Pronunciation
Noun
xaqueca f (plural xaquecas)
- 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 in Arabic and migranea in Latin.
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