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Where does “zombie” come from?

zombie (English) comes from Haitian Creole zonbi.

zombie (English): A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa...

Definitions

  1. A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa...

Ancestry of “zombie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolezonbi—

Words derived from “zombie”

  • zombielike
  • zombification
  • zombi
  • zombied
  • zombifying
  • zomboid
  • zombify
  • zombiedom
  • zombiehood
  • zombiism
  • zombiesque
  • zombie out
  • zombied-out
  • zomb
  • zombiefy
  • zombyish
  • antizombie
  • zombic
  • zombiekind
  • zombi
  • зомби
  • Zombie
  • ゾンビ
  • zombie
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