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Where does “cria” come from?

cria (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese criar, from Old Portuguese criar, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

cria (Portuguese): young; offspring; kid; young'un; someone who is...

Definitions

  1. young; offspring; kid; young'un; someone who is...

Ancestry of “cria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecriarto create, to put into existence; to invent; to...
2Old Portuguesecriarto raise
3Latincreō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “cria”

  • creole
  • creolization
  • Krio
  • Kriol
  • creolisation
  • decreolization
  • Kreyol
  • creolist
  • crioulo
  • creolistics
  • creoloid
  • creolize
  • postcreole
  • recreolization
  • creolise
  • noncreole
  • decreolize
  • creolistic
  • anticreole
  • creology
  • creologenic
  • Creole
  • recreolize
  • Criollo
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