Afro-Latinx

English

Etymology

From Afro- ‎ Latinx.

Adjective

Afro-Latinx (not comparable)

1. Of mixed African and Latin American descent.

   Coordinate terms: Afro-Latina, Afro-Latino

   • 2018 October 4, Natasha S. Alford, “More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina”, in Oprah Daily‎^[1]:

     “On the one end, it's for the Afro-Latinx folks like me who really didn't grow up with the language of Blackness in our households. People like me who have realized: I've always known there was a history we didn't talk about...”

References

• “Afro-Latinx”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.