Etymology

loogaroo

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Today it means: A creature of Caribbean mythology similar to a vampire or werewolf. Full definition →

French loup-garou
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromloup-garou“werewolf”
  2. English todayloogaroo

Probably from English loup-garou or its source, French loup-garou (“werewolf”). Compare Haitian Creole lougarou.

Words from the same roots

Frenchloup-garou all →

loup-garou

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.