Etymology Explorer › Spanish

Where does “mulato” come from?

mulato (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ato, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

mulato (Spanish): mulatto; dark-skinned; a small or young mule

Definitions

  1. mulatto; dark-skinned; a small or young mule

Ancestry of “mulato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-atoforms an institution from a noun stem; forms the...
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “mulato”

  • mulatto
  • mulattress
  • mulâtresse
  • mulâtre
  • mulato
  • mulat
  • mulattin
  • mulat
  • მულატი
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →