Where does “mesto” come from?

mesto (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese mesto, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

mesto (Galician): dense, thick, packed; mixed

Definitions

  1. dense, thick, packed; mixed

Ancestry of “mesto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemesto—
2Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
3Latinmiscēre—
Every word from Latin miscēre →Every word from Latin mixtus →Every word from Old Portuguese mesto →