Etymology

amalgamation

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Today it means: The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation. Full definition →

First used in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900sMedieval Latin amalgamātiō
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromamalgamātiō
  2. English todayamalgamation

From Medieval Latin amalgamātiō.

First known use, by meaning

  • in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.

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