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DinDjinn
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DinDjinn asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 6 years ago

How did the word 'zombie' originate?

From whom, when and where?

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  • jjc927
    Lv 6
    6 years ago
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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.

    Source(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie
  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    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.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Nzambi - West African.

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