Where does “hypodescent” come from?
hypodescent (English) comes from English descent, from Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre, from Latin descendo, from Latin de-, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
hypodescent (English): The practice of classifying a child of mixed race...
Definitions
- The practice of classifying a child of mixed race...
Ancestry of “hypodescent”, step by step
hypodescent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English descent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | descent | An instance of descending; act of coming down; A... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | descente | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | descendre | to descend; to go down; to descend; to dismount |
| 4 | Latin | descendo | I climb down, to come down, to descend; I march... |
| 5 | Latin | de- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |