Editing Creole language (section)

===Etymology===
The English term ''creole'' comes from [[wiktionary:créole|French]] {{Langx|fr|créole|label=none}}, which is [[cognate]] with the [[wiktionary:criollo|Spanish term]] {{Langx|es|criollo|label=none}} and [[wiktionary:crioulo|Portuguese]] {{Langx|pt|crioulo|label=none}}, all descending from the verb ''criar'' ('to breed' or 'to raise'), all coming from Latin {{Langx|la|creare|label=none}} {{gloss|to produce, create}}.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Holm|1988}}.</ref> The specific sense of the term was coined in the 16th and 17th century, during the great expansion in European maritime power and trade that led to the establishment of European colonies in other continents.

The terms {{lang|es|criollo}} and {{lang|pt|crioulo}} were originally qualifiers used throughout the Spanish and Portuguese colonies to distinguish the members of an ethnic group who were born and raised locally from those who immigrated as adults. They were most commonly applied to nationals of the colonial power, e.g. to distinguish {{lang|es|[[Criollo people|españoles criollos]]}} (people born in the colonies from Spanish ancestors) from {{Langx|es|españoles peninsulares|label=none}} (those born in the Iberian Peninsula, i.e. Spain). However, in Brazil the term was also used to distinguish between {{lang|pt|negros crioulos}} (blacks born in Brazil from African slave ancestors) and {{lang|pt|negros africanos}} (born in Africa). Over time, the term and its derivatives (Creole, Kréol, Kreyol, [[Kreyòl]], Kriol, [[Krio language|Krio]], etc.) lost the generic meaning and became the proper name of many distinct ethnic groups that developed locally from immigrant communities. Originally, therefore, the term "creole language" meant the speech of any of those [[creole peoples]].