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Where does “mestengo” come from?

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

mestengo (Spanish): A wild or feral animal

Definitions

  1. A wild or feral animal

Ancestry of “mestengo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmesteñostray; untamed, wild; mustang
2Spanishmestafeminine singular of mesto; ownerless beast
3Latinanimālia mixta—
4Latinmixtusmixed, having been mixed
5Latinmiscēre—

Words derived from “mestengo”

  • mustang
  • mustanging
  • mestengo
  • Mustang
  • マスタング
  • мустанг
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