Etymology

Ankou

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Today it means: The personification of death in Celtic mythology. Full definition →

French Ankou ← Breton Ankoù
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The story

  1. Breton · derived fromAnkoù
  2. French · borrowed fromAnkou
  3. English todayAnkou

Borrowed from French Ankou, from Breton Ankoù.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.