Etymograph

English

Seselwa

Seselwa comes from Seychellois Creole seselwa, and goes back to French Seychelles.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentSeychelles
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentseychellois
  3. Seychellois Creolemodernseselwa
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1993Seselwa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentSeychelles
  2. French, derivedc. 1600–presentseychellois
  3. Seychellois Creolemodernseselwa
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1993Seselwa

Earliest quotation: 1993, Jeff Siegel, Pidgins and Creoles in Education in Australia and the Southw: “A systematic evaluation compared the scores of the 1986…”

Every English word from French Seychelles

Today it means

name Synonym of Seychellois Creole; a creole language spoken in the Seychelles

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