The story
- Japanese · borrowed from神道
- English todayShinto
Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.