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Origin of Phrases - Z
Zombie
This was originally the name of a snake god in the voodoo cult of West Africa, and later of the Caribbean. It comes from a West African language called Kongo, and is related to the words "nzambi" (god) and "zumbi" (fetish). It was later applied to a reanimated corpse in voodoo.