Etymology

jumbie

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Today it means: A ghost or evil spirit. Full definition →

Kongo zumbi
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The story

  1. Kongo · borrowed fromzumbi“fetish”
  2. English todayjumbie

Borrowed from Kongo zumbi (“fetish”). Doublet of zombie.

Words from the same roots

Kongozumbi all →

jumbie beadmoko jumbie

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.