Casta

Meaning

Noun

  • The institutionalized system of racial and social stratification in 17th-century Mexico.
  • Variety, in reference to and in names of Portugal grapes or wine.

Origin

  • From Spanish and Portuguese casta ("lineage; breed; race"), either from Gothic *πŒΊπŒ°πƒπ„πƒ or a derivative of Latin castus ("pure").

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