métis
French
adj
Definitions
- (of a person) mixed-race
- (of an animal or a plant) mongrel; of mixed origin.
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mixticius, mixtus (mixed).
Origin
Latin
mixtus
Gloss
mixed
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Metis English
- mesteso English
- mestizo English
- metis English
- mix English
- *ammixticō Latin
- *mixticāre Latin
- *mixticō Latin
- *mixtāre Latin
- *miхtīcius Latin
- animālia mixta Latin
- mixticius Latin
- mixticius, mixticĭus Latin
- mixtus Latin
- mixtīcius Latin
- meticcio Italian
- misto Italian
- mixte French
- métisser French
- метис Russian
- mestizaje Spanish, Castilian
- mestizo Spanish, Castilian
- mesto Spanish, Castilian
- mixto Spanish, Castilian
- σύμμεικτος Ancient Greek
- *meyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- mestiço Portuguese
- misto Portuguese
- mikse Norwegian Nynorsk
- mestif Old French
- mestis Old French
- mixte Old French
- misto Galician
- amesteca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mistreț Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mestiso Cebuano
- mestiso Tagalog
- mestis Middle French
- mesto Old Portuguese
- amestar Asturian