mustang: [19] Etymologically, a mustang is a ‘mixed’ animal. The word comes from Mexican Spanish mestengo, which originally in Spanish meant ‘stray’. This was derived from mesta ‘annual roundup of cattle, participated in by all the herdsmen, in which stray cattle were disposed of’, which in turn goes back to medieval Latin mixta. And mixta (literally ‘mixed’) was used for the wild or stray animals that got ‘mixed’ in with the graziers’ herds (it was a noun use of the feminine past participle of miscēre ‘mix’, source of English miscellaneous and mix).
The word passed early on from ‘stray cattle’ to ‘stray horses’. => miscellaneous, mix
mustang (n.)
"small, half-wild horse of the American prairie," 1808, from Mexican Spanish mestengo "animal that strays" (16c.), from Spanish mestengo "wild, stray, ownerless," literally "belonging to the mesta," an association of cattle ranchers who divided stray or unclaimed animals that got "mixed" with the herds, from Latin mixta "mixed," fem. past participle of miscere "to mix" (see mix (v.)).
Said to be influenced by the Spanish word mostrenco "straying, wild," which is probably from mostrar, from Latin monstrare "to show."
例文
1. Mustang is a wild horse,not a domesticated racer.
野生馬は野生の馬で、馴れた競馬ではありません。
2.Phrases such as "father of the Mustang "could no longer be used.
「野馬車の父」のような言い方はもう使えない.
3.The Ford Mustang was a smash hit in the American car market.
フォード?野生馬はかつて米国市場で最も売れた車種だった。
4.Like the Mustang ，it had a sporty look.
は野馬車と同じように、レーシングカーの外観を持っている。
5. Mustang II was very successful，although it wasn 't quite the hit that the original had been.