English Explanatory Dictionary

creolism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The mixed ancestry of a Creole person.
  2. A word or phrase that is characteristic of a creole.

Word forms

creolism creolisms

Etymology

Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English creolism From creole + -ism.

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