Where does “mestiço” come from?

mestiço (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

mestiço (Portuguese): mixed; multiracial person

Definitions

  1. mixed; multiracial person

Ancestry of “mestiço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmixticiusof mixed race; of mixed race; mixed-blood;...
2Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
3Latinmiscēre—

Words derived from “mestiço”

Every word from Latin miscēre →Every word from Latin mixtus →Every word from Late Latin mixticius →
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