The word mestizo originated from the Romance / Latin word mixticius, meaning mixed. In the Portuguese and French languages, the words caboclo and métis were also used in the Portuguese and French Empires to identify individuals of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry.
The word is also linked to Spanish origin, Mestiza, Spanish feminine of mestizo, stemming from the Spanish colonial period in Latin America, where it was used to denote the large multitude of persons of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry. The term continues to be used today in the Americas.
It is also used in some parts of Asia-Pacific to refer to people of mixed European and other indigenous ancestry.
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