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Mestizo de Sangley
Mestizo de Sangley comes from Philippine Spanish mestizo de sangley.
- Philippine Spanishmodernmestizo de sangley
- EnglishtodayMestizo de Sangley
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Philippine Spanishmodernmestizo de sangley
- EnglishtodayMestizo de Sangley
A compound of mestizo ‘mixed’ + de ‘of’ + sangley ‘Chinese’
Proto-Italic *mikstos
Latin mixtus ‘mixed’
Late Latin mixtīcius ‘of mixed race’
Spanish mestizo ‘mixed’
Every English word from Philippine Spanish mestizo de sangley
Today it means
noun A person of mixed ethnic Chinese Filipino and Austronesian Filipino ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Philippine Spanish mestizo de sangley / Mestizo de Sangley