mixticius

Latin

Etymology

From mixtus (“mixed”) +‎ -īcius. Attested in Jerome and Isidore.

Adjective

mixtīcius (feminine mixtīcia, neuter mixtīcium); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. of mixed race; mixed-blood; half-breed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mixtīcius	mixtīcia	mixtīcium		mixtīciī	mixtīciae	mixtīcia
genitive	mixtīciī	mixtīciae	mixtīciī		mixtīciōrum	mixtīciārum	mixtīciōrum
dative	mixtīciō	mixtīciae	mixtīciō		mixtīciīs
accusative	mixtīcium	mixtīciam	mixtīcium		mixtīciōs	mixtīciās	mixtīcia
ablative	mixtīciō	mixtīciā	mixtīciō		mixtīciīs
vocative	mixtīcie	mixtīcia	mixtīcium		mixtīciī	mixtīciae	mixtīcia

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • >? Romanian: mistreț
• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Italian: mesticcio, misticcio
    • Italian: meticcio (influenced by French)
• North Italian:
  • Ladin: [mesˈtitʃ]
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mestís
  • Old French: mestis
    • French: métis
      • → English: metis
  • Old Occitan: mestiz
    • Occitan: mestís
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: mestizu
  • Galician: mestizo
  • Portuguese: mestiço
  • Spanish: mestizo
    • → English: mestizo
    • → Old Italian: mestizo, mestizzo

References

• mixticius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.