The story
- Latin · derived frommūlus“mule”
- Spanish · borrowed frommulato“of mixed breed, young mule”
- English todaymulatto
Borrowed from Portuguese and/or Spanish mulato (“of mixed breed, young mule”), from mulo (“mule”), from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Perhaps an allusion to the hybrid origin of mules. Doublet of mulato.
Words from the same roots
Spanishmulato all →
mulato
Latinmūlus all →
mule
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.