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Where does “Mestee” come from?

Mestee (English) comes from Middle French mestis, from Old French mestif, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

Mestee (English): A mixed race person, especially if mostly white...

Definitions

  1. A mixed race person, especially if mostly white...

Ancestry of “Mestee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmestismixed-race or of mixed descent; mixed-race...
2Old Frenchmestifmongrel
3Late Latinmixticiusof mixed race; of mixed race; mixed-blood;...
4Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
5Latinmiscēre—
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