Portuguese-based creole languages meaning "in" and/or "on", which would come from the Portuguese contraction "na" meaning "in the" (feminine singular). The Portuguese word for "creole" is "crioulo", which derives from the verb "criar" ("to raise", "to bring up") and a suffix "-oulo" of debated origin. Originally the word was used to distinguish the members of any ethnic group who were born and raised in the colonies from those who were born in their homeland. In Africa it was often applied to locally born people of (wholly or partly) Portuguese descent, as opposed to those born in Portugal; whereas in Brazil it was also
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