Where does “grigri” come from?
grigri (Mauritian Creole) comes from French gris-gris, from French grigri — charm, fetish, gris-gris.
grigri (Mauritian Creole): black magic
Ancestry of “grigri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | gris-gris | Alternative spelling of grigri |
| 2 | French | grigri | charm, fetish, gris-gris |