Etymology

postcreole

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Today it means: After a creole; after decreolization has taken place. Full definition →

English creole ← French créole ← Spanish criollo
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Portuguesecrioulo
  8. Spanishcriollo
  9. Frenchcréole
  10. EnglishCreole
  11. Englishcreole
  12. English todaypostcreole

From post- + creole.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.