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Where does “mestiso” come from?

mestiso (Cebuano) comes from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

mestiso (Cebuano): biracial, multiracial, mixed race

Definitions

  1. biracial, multiracial, mixed race

Ancestry of “mestiso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmestizoOf mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage;...
2Late Latinmixticiusof mixed race; of mixed race; mixed-blood;...
3Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
4Latinmiscēre—

Words derived from “mestiso”

  • tisoy
  • tsoy
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