Where does “mulat” come from?
mulat (Dutch) comes from Portuguese mulato, from Spanish mulato, from Spanish -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
mulat (Dutch): mulatto
Ancestry of “mulat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mulato | mulatto |
| 2 | Spanish | mulato | mulatto; dark-skinned; a small or young mule |
| 3 | Spanish | -ato | forms an institution from a noun stem; forms the... |
| 4 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “mulat”