Where does “griot” come from?
griot (English) comes from French griot, from Portuguese criado, from Latin creātus, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
griot (English): A West African storyteller who passes on oral...
Definitions
- A West African storyteller who passes on oral...
Ancestry of “griot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | griot | griot; Someone who tells stories to gullible... |
| 2 | Portuguese | criado | servant |
| 3 | Latin | creātus | created, having been created, made, having been made, produced, having been produced |
| 4 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |