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 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