Where does “mesteño” come from?

mesteño (Spanish) comes from Spanish mesta, from Latin animālia mixta, from Latin mixtus, from Latin miscēre.

mesteño (Spanish): stray; untamed, wild; mustang

Definitions

  1. stray; untamed, wild; mustang

Ancestry of “mesteño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmestafeminine singular of mesto; ownerless beast
2Latinanimālia mixta—
3Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
4Latinmiscēre—

Words derived from “mesteño”

Every word from Latin miscēre →Every word from Latin mixtus →Every word from Latin animālia mixta →