castizo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish castizo.

Noun

castizo (plural castizos)

  1. (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Most likely derived from casta +‎ -izo. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *casticeus. Cf. also Spanish casto.

Adjective

castizo (feminine singular castiza, masculine plural castizos, feminine plural castizas)

  1. pure-bred
  2. pure, original, fully-fledged
  3. (linguistics) pure
  4. Used historically to describe a person of 3/4 European and 1/4 American Indian ancestry
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