Where does “mestizaje” come from?

mestizaje (Spanish) comes from Spanish -aje, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

mestizaje (Spanish): a miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies

Definitions

  1. a miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies

Ancestry of “mestizaje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-ajeForms masculine nouns expressing an action,...
2Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
3Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
4Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “mestizaje”

Every word from Latin -āticum →Every word from Old French -age →Every word from Spanish -aje →