zansèt

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French ancêtres (“ancestors”). In French, the plural form ancêtres is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, ancêtres was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zãsɛt/

Noun

zansèt

ancestor