Where does “zou” come from?

zou (Réunion Creole French) comes from French joue, from Old French joe, from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota.

zou (Réunion Creole French): cheek

Definitions

  1. cheek

Ancestry of “zou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjouecheek; inflection of jouer: ## first/third-person...
2Old Frenchjoecheek
3Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota →Every word from Old French joe →Every word from French joue →