Where does “Creole” come from?
Creole (English) comes from French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo, from Portuguese cria, from Portuguese criar, from Old Portuguese criar, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
Creole (English): A descendant of white European settlers who is...
Definitions
- A descendant of white European settlers who is...
Ancestry of “Creole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | créole | Creole; creole language |
| 2 | Spanish | criollo | creole; unmixed European-descended Latin... |
| 3 | Portuguese | crioulo | criollo; a slave born at the house of his master;... |
| 4 | Portuguese | cria | young; offspring; kid; young'un; someone who is... |
| 5 | Portuguese | criar | to create, to put into existence; to invent; to... |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | criar | to raise |
| 7 | Latin | creō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |