Mestee

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Mestee is a term that refers to individuals and groups of individuals of mixed race in America.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Current use 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Etymology

The word Mestee is derived from Middle French Mestis (pronounced the same), which became Métis in modern French.^{[citation needed]} This is cognate with Mestizo in Spanish and Mestiço in Portuguese, all ultimately deriving from Latin mixtus meaning "mixed".^{[citation needed]} Many dictionaries incorrectly attribute it to a corruption of Mestizo.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Current use

Mestee was revived by Jack Forbes as a term the old mixed-race groups in his book Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples (1993)^[1].

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