meticcio

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Remade from or influenced by French métis, from Late Latin mixticius[1], from Latin mixtus. Cf. the older form mesticcio and also misticcio[2][3]. The archaic variants mestizo, mestizzo were taken from Spanish mestizo.[1]

Noun

meticcio m (plural meticci, feminine meticcia)

  1. half-caste, half-breed
  2. crossbreed
  3. mongrel, pooch (dog)
    Synonym: bastardino

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 meticcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ http://www.academia.edu/982066/Letopea_di_Ginevra_o_il_Somnium_di_Bernardo_Ilicino
  3. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=QFZwAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
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