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Where does “Krio” come from?

Krio derives from English creole, which comes from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo, from Latin creare meaning to create or produce.

Ancestry of “Krio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KrioKrioCreole
2EnglishCreoleA descendant of white European settlers who is...
3FrenchcréoleCreole; creole language
4Spanishcriollocreole; unmixed European-descended Latin...
5Portuguesecrioulocriollo; a slave born at the house of his master;...
6Portuguesecriayoung; offspring; kid; young'un; someone who is...
7Portuguesecriarto create, to put into existence; to invent; to...
8Old Portuguesecriarto raise
9Latincreō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
12Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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