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mestizo

(me stē′zō)

a person of mixed parentage; esp., in the W U.S. and in Latin American countries, a person having one Spanish or Portuguese parent and one American Indian parent

Origin: Sp < LL(Ec) misticius, of mixed race (transl. of Gr symmiktos, commingled) < pp. of L miscere, mix

See mestizo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. mes·ti·zos or mes·ti·zoes

A person of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish, mixed, mestizo

Origin: , from Old Spanish, mixed

Origin: , from Late Latin mixtīcius

Origin: , from Latin mixtus

Origin: , past participle of miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots

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