Where does “zumbificar” come from?

zumbificar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese zumbi, from English zombie, from Haitian Creole zonbi — zombie.

zumbificar (Portuguese): to zombify

Definitions

  1. to zombify

Ancestry of “zumbificar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesezumbithe leader of a quilombo; Zumbi dos Palmares;...
2EnglishzombieA snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa...
3Haitian Creolezonbizombie

Words derived from “zumbificar”

Every word from Haitian Creole zonbi →Every word from English zombie →Every word from Portuguese zumbi →