Where does “totem” come from?

totem (Turkish) comes from French totem, from Ojibwe doodem — totem; clan.

totem (Turkish): totem

Definitions

  1. totem

Ancestry of “totem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtotemtotem
2Ojibwedoodemtotem; clan

Words derived from “totem”

Every word from Ojibwe doodem →Every word from French totem →
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