See also:

• MESTIZO (adopted from the Spanish, the Portuguese form being mestico, from Lat. miscere, to mix)

MESTIZO (adopted from the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, the Portuguese See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form being mestico, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. miscere, to mix)  , a See also:

• TERM

term originally meaning a See also:

• HALF

half-breed, one of whose parents was See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, and now used occasionally of any half-breed, but especially to denote persons of mixed Spanish (or Portuguese) and See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• BLOOD

blood . The offspring of such half-breeds are also'called mestizoes . The feminine See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is mestiza .