Where does “zombie” come from?
zombie (Dutch) comes from English zombie, from Haitian Creole zonbi.
zombie (Dutch): zombie
Ancestry of “zombie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | zombie | A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa... |
| 2 | Haitian Creole | zonbi | — |