English
laplas
Laplas comes from Haitian Creole laplas, and goes back to French la.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentla
- Haitian Creolemodernlaplas
- Englishearliest quotation 1953same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentla
- Haitian Creolemodernlaplas
- Englishearliest quotation 1953same form
Earliest quotation: 1953, a Deren, Divine Horsemen: “The la-place is, in a sense, master of ceremonies…”
Linked words
through French la
Today it means
noun The assistant to a houngan or mambo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French la / laplas