Where does “metisa” come from?

metisa (Romanian) comes from French métisser, from French métis, from Old French mestis, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

metisa (Romanian): to crossbreed

Definitions

  1. to crossbreed

Ancestry of “metisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmétisserto mix; to cross, crossbreed
2Frenchmétismixed-race; mongrel; of mixed origin; a...
3Old Frenchmestis—
4Late Latinmixticiusof mixed race; of mixed race; mixed-blood;...
5Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
6Latinmiscēre—

Words derived from “metisa”

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