English
Vodouisant
Vodouisant comes from French vaudouisant ‘vodouist’, and goes back to vaudouiser.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentvaudouiser
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentvaudouisant‘vodouist’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Vodouisant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentvaudouiser
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentvaudouisant‘vodouist’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Vodouisant
Earliest quotation: 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook: “Vodouisants believe that if the lwa are pleased with…”
Every English word from French vaudouiser
Today it means
noun A practitioner of voodoo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French vaudouiser / Vodouisant