Zombie
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early 19th century: of West African origin; compare with Kikongo zumbi ‘fetish’.
wiktionary
[1819] Ultimately from a Bantu language. Compare Kongo nzambi(“god”), zumbi(“fetish”), and Kimbundu nzumbi(“ghost”) (see Portuguese zumbi), and Caribbean folklore's jumbee(“a spirit or demon”). May have come through Louisiana Creole French[Term?]. See also French zombi.
etymonline
zombie (n.)
1871, of West African origin (compare Kikongo zumbi "fetish;" Kimbundu nzambi "god"), originally the name of a snake god, later with meaning "reanimated corpse" in voodoo cult. But perhaps also from Louisiana creole word meaning "phantom, ghost," from Spanish sombra "shade, ghost." Sense "slow-witted person" is recorded from 1936.
