Where does “mestiçagem” come from?
mestiçagem (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -agem, from Old Portuguese -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
mestiçagem (Portuguese): miscegenation mixing of races
Definitions
- miscegenation mixing of races
Ancestry of “mestiçagem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | -agem | Forms uncountable nouns, from verbs, meaning the... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | -age | — |
| 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 | — |