creolism

English

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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

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.

Noun

creolism (countable and uncountable, plural creolisms)

1. (uncountable) The mixed ancestry of a Creole person.
2. (countable) A word or phrase that is characteristic of a creole.