Where does “krioli” come from?
krioli (Swahili) comes from English Creole, from French créole, from Spanish criollo, from Portuguese crioulo, from Portuguese cria, from Portuguese criar, from Old Portuguese criar, from Latin creō — army.
krioli (Swahili): creole
Ancestry of “krioli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Creole | A descendant of white European settlers who is... |
| 2 | French | créole | Creole; creole language |
| 3 | Spanish | criollo | creole; unmixed European-descended Latin... |
| 4 | Portuguese | crioulo | criollo; a slave born at the house of his master;... |
| 5 | Portuguese | cria | young; offspring; kid; young'un; someone who is... |
| 6 | Portuguese | criar | to create, to put into existence; to invent; to... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | criar | to raise |
| 8 | Latin | creō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |