” It a Cajun (Louisiana French) word.”
It’s a French word but not because of the Cajuns. Cajuns were Jean-come-latelys to Louisiana, after the Brits booted them out of Acadia at the end of the French and Indian War (Seven Years War).
The original French settlers of New Orleans and Louisiana are called French Creoles. Most people are familiar with Cajuns and assume that that is where the French influence comes from but it’s not so, they just added to the gumbo that is Louisiana. There’s also the group of mixed race folks that were called Louisiana Creoles as opposed to French Creoles.
My own ancestry hails back to a soldier who was with Bienville when he founded New Orleans circa 1720. There’s a family home a little south of NO in Plaquemines Parish. My grandmother, born in 1890, grew up there speaking French as her first language.
Well I had a 50/50 chance of being right, LOL. Thanks for correcting me. Now I know better.