Etymology

octoroon

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Spanish octorón
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromoctorón
  2. English todayoctoroon

Borrowed from Spanish octorón; compare quadroon from cuarterón (“quadroon”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.