Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

creoloid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cre-oloid
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A language that resembles a creole but did not go through the pidgin stage.

Etymology

Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English creoloid From creole + -oid.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does creoloid mean?
A language that resembles a creole but did not go through the pidgin stage.
Where does creoloid come from?
Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English creoloid From creole + -oid.

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