mestis

From Old French mestif, from Late Latin mixticius, from Classical Latin mixtus.

mestis

1. mixed-race or of mixed descent

mestis m (plural mestis)

1. mixed-race person, or person of mixed descent

• French: métis
  • → English: Metis
• → English: Mestee

• Etymology and history of “métis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of mixtur.

mestis c

1. a mestizo

• mestis in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• mistes, teisms