The word Creole has several cognates in other languages, such as créole, creolo, criol, criollo, crioulo, kreol, kreyol, krio, kriol, kriolu, and kriyoyo. Cria derives from criar, meaning "to raise or bring up", itself derived from the Latin creare, meaning "to make, bring forth, produce, beget" - itself the source of the English word "create". The English word creole derives from the French créole, which in turn came from Portuguese crioulo, a diminutive of cria, meaning a person raised in one's house. This process, known as creolization, is characterized by rapid social flux regularized into Creole ethnogenesis. In some cases, often involuntarily uprooted from their original home, the settlers were obliged to develop and creatively merge the desirable elements from their diverse backgrounds, to produce new varieties of social, linguistic and cultural norms that superseded the prior forms. In some places, they are ethnic groups formed during the European colonial era, from the mass displacement of peoples brought into sustained contact with others from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, who converged onto a colonial territory to which they had not previously belonged. The development of creole languages is sometimes mistakenly attributed to the emergence of Creole ethnic identities however, the two developments occur independently.
Ĭreole peoples vary widely in ethnic background and mixture and many have since developed distinct ethnic identities. The term has been used with various meanings, often conflicting or varying from region to region. Map of Creole culturesĬreole peoples may refer to different ethnic groups around the world.
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