meticcio
Italian edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
meticcio m (plural meticci, feminine meticcia)
- half-caste, half-breed
- crossbreed
- mongrel, pooch (dog)
- Synonym: bastardino
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 meticcio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ http://www.academia.edu/982066/Letopea_di_Ginevra_o_il_Somnium_di_Bernardo_Ilicino
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=QFZwAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false