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 hippie actually connected to the hippie subculture). An example is its use by the South Park cartoon character, Eric Cartman. Etymology of hippie This article discusses the etymology of the word "hippie". According to lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, the terms "hipster" and "hippie" derive from the word "hip" and the synonym "hep", whose origins are unknown. The words "hip" and "hep" first surfaced in slang around the beginning of the 20th century and spread quickly, making their first appearance in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1904. At the time, the words were used to mean "aware" and "in the know." In the