English
mameluco
Mameluco comes from Brazilian Portuguese mameluco, and goes back to Arabic مَمْلُوك ‘slave’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَمْلُوكmamlūk‘slave’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernmameluco
- Englishearliest quotation 1869same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentمَمْلُوكmamlūk‘slave’
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernmameluco
- Englishearliest quotation 1869same form
Earliest quotation: 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago: “The reverse is the case in South America, where…”
Every English word from Arabic مَمْلُوك
Today it means
noun A child born of one white parent and one Brazilian Indian parent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic مَمْلُوك / mameluco