Where does “mestizaje” come from?
mestizaje (English) comes from Spanish mestizaje, from Spanish -aje, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
mestizaje (English): The postrevolutionary construction of a modern Mexican national identity
Definitions
- The postrevolutionary construction of a modern Mexican national identity
Ancestry of “mestizaje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mestizaje | a miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies |
| 2 | Spanish | -aje | Forms masculine nouns expressing an action,... |
| 3 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 4 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -āticum | — |