castizo
Spanish
adj
Definitions
- pure-bred
- pure, original, fully-fledged
- (linguistics) pure
- (historical) having 3/4 white and 1/4 American Indian ancestry
Etymology
Suffix from Spanish, Castilian casta (lineage, breed, race) derived from Latin *casticeus.
Origin
Latin
*casticeus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- casta English
- caste English
- castizo English
- costee English
- *casticeus Latin
- castus Latin
- Kaste German
- casta Spanish, Castilian
- casticismo Spanish, Castilian
- casta Portuguese