How did the word 'zombie' originate?

From whom, when and where?

jjc9272015-07-07T08:50:57Z

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According to Wikipedia: The word comes from Haitian folklore, where zombie means a dead body animated by magic. The first known recording of the word in English was in 1819 in a history of Brazil by poet Robert Southey.

?2015-07-07T08:49:12Z

So you're telling me you don't have a clue that you can look up the origin (etymology) of any word in any good dictionary. Not just the definition, but the origin. Really.

Pathetic.

Anonymous2015-07-07T08:51:38Z

Nzambi - West African.