Etymology

zouk

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Today it means: A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music Full definition →

French secouer
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The story

  1. French · derived fromsecouer“to shake up”
  2. English todayzouk

From French secouer (“to shake up”), via creole.

Words from the same roots

Frenchsecouer all →

soukous

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