religion · the Buddha's doctrine and teachings; the doctrine and teachings of a specific Buddhist denomination
köken: Ultimately from Middle Chinese, from the two nouns 宗 (shū, “doctrine”) + 教 (kyō, “teaching”). First attested with this straightforward meaning in a compilation of Classical Chinese-style poetry from 1403. Repurposed near the start of the Meiji period to translate English religion, which sense is first attested in 1866.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin relegōder.? ▲ Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Latin religōder.? Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin religiōlbor. Polish religia Learned borrowing from Latin religiō.
köken: Borrowed from French religion, German Religion, both from Latin religio.
aile: religios
Etimoloji
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 宗教 (SV: tông giáo), from Japanese 宗教 (shūkyō). Intentionally misread to avoid Emperor Thiệu Trị's taboo name: Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông. The etymological form tông giáo seems to be currently in use primarily as an unintentional misspelling alongside tôn giáo, sometimes in the same piece of writing. Compare Tôn Thất and Tôn Nữ.