English Explanatory Dictionary

langaj

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sacred or incantatory language used in Haitian voodoo rituals.

Word forms

langaj langage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *denɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Vulgar Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Vulgar Latin -icus Vulgar Latin -āticus Vulgar 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.

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