METIS

/ meɪˈtiː; NAmE / noun

( pl. Metis /meɪˈtiː; meɪˈtiːz/) ( CanE ) (especially in Canada) a person with one Aboriginal parent and one European parent, or a person whose family comes from both Aboriginal and European backgrounds

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WORD ORIGIN

from French métis , from Latin mixtus mixed (see also mestizo ).