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noun
A sacred or incantatory language used in Haitian voodoo rituals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: voodoo
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵhwéh2s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Vulgar Latin *linguāticum Old French language Middle French language French langageder. Haitian Creole langajbor. English langaj Borrowed from Haitian Creole langaj, from French langage (“language”). Doublet of language.
