Where does “mestizo” come from?

mestizo (Indonesian) comes from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

mestizo (Indonesian): mestizo: a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage

Definitions

  1. mestizo: a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage

Ancestry of “mestizo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmestizoOf mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage;...
2Late Latinmixticiusof mixed race; of mixed race; mixed-blood;...
3Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
4Latinmiscēre—
Every word from Latin miscēre →Every word from Latin mixtus →Every word from Late Latin mixticius →
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