decreolize
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English creolize English decreolize From de- + creolize.
- derived from -iserbor
- derived from -izōder
- derived from criollo French créolebor
- derived from de- Portuguese crioulobor
Definitions
To modify a creole language by removing creole elements and replacing them with standard…
To modify a creole language by removing creole elements and replacing them with standard language forms.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for decreolize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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