Etymology

recreolize

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Today it means: To modify a language by introducing additional elements of the matrilect. Full definition →

English creolize ← French créole ← Spanish criollo
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Portuguesecrioulo
  7. Spanishcriollo
  8. Frenchcréole
  9. EnglishCreole
  10. Englishcreole
  11. Englishcreolize
  12. English todayrecreolize

From re- + creolize.

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