mestizo
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mestizo
- /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/ UK, US
- /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/ UK, US
- /mɛsˈtiː.zo/ Philippines
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.
noun mestizos · mestizoes
- A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
- A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.
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Talk about this word "mestizo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mestizo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mestizo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mestizo "mestizo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mestizo.Cite this
@misc{mestizo_2026,
title = {mestizo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mestizo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
