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
Kutsche Afrikaans Coetzee. The related German term "Kutscher" refers to someone who drives a coach, "viz.", a coachman; however, according to Hans Bahlow, it can also be a Germanized name, "Kutscher(a)", derived from the Czech Kučera, meaning "curly." People with variants of the surname with either etymology include: Kutsche Kutsche (), with numerous other spellings, is a German surname with several etymologies, including one Hungarian and several Slavic. According to the onomast Hans Bahlow, the name "Kutsche"/"Kutscha" with different spellings, when found in the historical east (central) German linguistic area (such as Saxony, Bohemia and Silesia), is "clearly of Slavic origin,