Where does “mulato” come from?

mulato (Esperanto) comes from Spanish mulato, from Spanish -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

mulato (Esperanto): mulatto

Definitions

  1. mulatto

Ancestry of “mulato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmulatomulatto; dark-skinned; a small or young mule
2Spanish-atoforms an institution from a noun stem; forms the...
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Spanish -ato →