Etymology

totemic

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Today it means: Serving as, or relating to, a totem. Full definition →

English totem ← Ojibwe (o)doodem(an)
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The story

  1. Ojibwe(o)doodem(an)
  2. Englishtotem
  3. English todaytotemic

From totem + -ic.

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