Feminine

hemina

  1. (feminine, historical) hemina, half-sextarius (a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 0.27 L later used in medieval Spanish taxation)
  2. (feminine, historical) hemina (a traditional Leonese unit of dry measure equivalent to about 23 L)
  3. (feminine, historical) hemina (a traditional Leonese unit of land area of variable size depending on its quality)

Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin hemina (“half-sextarius”), from Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína, “a half”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “hemi-: half”) + -ίνα (-ína, “-ina: forming nouns”).

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