Etymology

voodooism

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Today it means: A religious cult, from Haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery. Full definition →

English voodoo ← Louisiana Creole voudo ← Haitian Creole Vodou
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The story

  1. Fonvodu
  2. Haitian CreoleVodou
  3. Louisiana Creolevoudo
  4. Englishvoodoo
  5. English todayvoodooism

From voodoo + -ism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.