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creoloid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A language that resembles a creole but did not go through the pidgin stage.

Word forms

creoloid creoloids

Etymology

Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English creoloid From creole + -oid.

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