English
mestizo
Mestizo comes from Spanish mestizo ‘of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *mikstos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mikstosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmixtus‘mixed’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmixtīcius‘of mixed race’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmestizo‘of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mikstosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmixtus‘mixed’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmixtīcius‘of mixed race’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmestizo‘of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin mixtus ‘mixed’
through Late Latin mixtīcius ‘of mixed race’
Today it means
noun A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *mikstos / mestizo