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Where does “totem” come from?

totem (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ojibwe doodem — totem; clan.

Ancestry of “totem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ojibwedoodemtotem; clan

Words derived from “totem”

  • totemski
  • totemist
  • totemistički
  • totemizam
Every word from Ojibwe doodem →