Where does “mulato” come from?
mulato (Portuguese) comes from Spanish mulato, from Spanish -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
mulato (Portuguese): mulatto
Ancestry of “mulato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mulato | mulatto; dark-skinned; a small or young mule |
| 2 | Spanish | -ato | forms an institution from a noun stem; forms the... |
| 3 | Latin | -ātus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |
Words derived from “mulato”