Creole peoples Creole peoples Creole people are ethnic groups which originated during the colonial-era from racial mixing between Europeans and non-European peoples, known as creolisation. These groups are typically descended from White Western European colonial settlers, West African slaves, Haitians and indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Creole peoples vary widely in ethnic background and mixture, and many have since developed distinct ethnic identities. The development of creole languages is attributed to, but independent of, the emergence of creole ethnic identities. The English word "creole" derives from the French "créole", which in turn came from Portuguese "crioulo", a diminutive of
Cholent "chalant" (present participle of "chalt", from the verb "chaloir", "to warm"). One widely quoted folk etymology, relying on the French pronunciation of cholent or the Central and Western European variants "shalent" or "shalet", derives the word from French "chaud" ("hot") and "lent" ("slow"). Another folk etymology derives cholent (or sholen) from the Hebrew "she’lan", which means "that rested [overnight]". This refers to the old-time cooking tradition of Jewish families placing their individual pots of cholent into the town baker's ovens that always stayed hot and slow-cooked the food overnight. Yet another etymology is Old French "chaudes lentes", "hot lentils". "Hamin"