Etymology

Krio

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Today it means: A creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone. Full definition →

Krio Krio ← Portuguese crioulo
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The story

  1. Portuguese · derived fromcrioulo“creole”
  2. Krio · borrowed fromKrio
  3. English todayKrio

Borrowed from Krio Krio, from Portuguese crioulo (“creole”). Doublet of Creole, Criollo, and Crioulo.

Words from the same roots

Portuguesecrioulo all →

creolecriollocrioulo

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