Shintoism

See also: Shintōism

English

Alternative forms

• Shintōism

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Shinto

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English Shintoism

From Shinto + -ism.

Proper noun

Shintoism

1. The Shinto religion of Japan.
   • 1925, Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto, A Daughter of the Samurai, page 237:

     The origin of the Doll Festival reaches back to the crude days of Shintoism.

Translations

Shinto — see Shinto