Where does “métis” come from?

métis (Réunion Creole French) comes from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

métis (Réunion Creole French): mixed-race

Definitions

  1. mixed-race

Ancestry of “métis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmétismixed-race; mongrel; of mixed origin; a...
2Old Frenchmestis—
3Late Latinmixticiusof mixed race; of mixed race; mixed-blood;...
4Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
5Latinmiscēre—
Every word from Latin miscēre →Every word from Latin mixtus →Every word from Late Latin mixticius →