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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originUsually from Middle French mestis (“a person of mixed race”), from Latin mixtus (Modern French métis); cognate with Spanish mestizo. Doublet of Metis, metis, mestizo, and mustee. Sometimes from Colonial Louisiana French mestif "child of an Octoroon and a white person" (15/16 white, 1/16 black), from Old French mestif (“mongrel”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0