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Where does “miscigenação” come from?

miscigenação (Portuguese) comes from English miscegenation, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

miscigenação (Portuguese): miscegenation

Definitions

  1. miscegenation

Ancestry of “miscigenação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmiscegenationThe mixing or blending of race in marriage or...
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “miscigenação”

  • antimiscigenação
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