English
Krio
Krio comes from Krio Krio, and goes back to Portuguese crioulo ‘creole’.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentcrioulo‘creole’
- KriomodernKrio
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentcrioulo‘creole’
- KriomodernKrio
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‘to grow, become bigger’
increase, crew, increasing, decrease, cereal, crescent, increment, excrement, croissant, cru, accretion, kore, 26 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti
through Latin creō ‘to create, to give existence to, to form, to…’
create, creative, creation, creator, creature, creat, 13 more
through Portuguese crioulo ‘creole’
Today it means
name A creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese crioulo / Krio