Etymology

laplas

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Today it means: The assistant to a houngan or mambo. Full definition →

Haitian Creole laplas ← French la
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The story

  1. French · derived fromla
  2. Haitian Creole · derived fromlaplas
  3. English todaylaplas

From Haitian Creole laplas, from French la place.

Words from the same roots

Frenchla all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.