The Spanish word mestizo is from Latin mixticius, meaning mixed. Its usage was documented as early as 1275, to refer to the offspring of an Egyptian/Afro Hamite and a See more

Mexico
Around 50–90% of Mexicans can be classified as "mestizos", meaning in modern Mexican … See more

Argentina and Uruguay
Initially colonial Argentina and Uruguay had a predominantly mestizo population like the rest of the Spanish colonies, but due to a flood of … See more

Belize
United States
In the United States, a number of Latino Americans of Mexican or Central American or South … See more

In the Spanish colonial period, the Spanish developed a complex set of racial terms and ways to describe difference. Although this has … See more

Guam and Northern Mariana Islands
In Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, which were administered from the Philippines under … See more

Mestizaje ([mes.tiˈsa.xe]) is a term that came into usage in twentieth-century Latin America for racial mixing, not a colonial-era term. In the … See more