Creole peoples were a mixture of people of European ancestry and slave populations (or free men and women of color). They were also referred to as "criollos", a word from the Spanish language meaning "created" and used in the post-French governance period to distinguish the two groups of New Orleans area and down river Creoles. Both mixed race and European Creole groups share many traditions and language, but their socio-economic roots differed in the original period of Louisiana history. Actually, the French word Creole is derived from the Portuguese word "Crioulo", which described Spaniards born in the Americas as opposed to Spain.
Etymology of London derived from the Indo-European roots "*plew-" "to flow, swim; boat" and "*nejd-" "to flow", found in various river names around Europe. Coates does admit that compound names are comparatively rare for rivers in the Indo-European area, but they are not entirely unknown. Lacey Wallace describes the derivation as "somewhat tenuous". The Museum of London is more positive, stating on its web site "philologists now equate the name with the Indo-European word 'plowonida', meaning 'fast-flowing river' and referring to the Thames". The display on Roman London in the museum state the etymology as fact. The earliest account of the toponym's derivation