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
Etymology of Assam "Ha-com", meaning "low or level country". He rejected the possibility that the name "Assam" ("Asam") could be derived from "Aham" (Ahom). Subsequent writers like P. C. Choudhury and R N Mosahary lend credence to this theory. So, if Ha-Com is the source of Sanskrit Asama, then it traces its origin from very early times, long before any Ahom invasion. Two different meanings of the Sanskrit word "Asama" have been used to explain the name: one meaning "uneven" (terrain) and the other "unequaled". The second theory Gait reported is that "Asama", meaning "unequal" or "peerless", was a name the local people