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Where does “ceremonies” come from?

ceremonies (English) comes from English ceremony, from Middle English cerymonye, from Latin caerimōnia.

ceremonies (English): plural of ceremony

Definitions

  1. plural of ceremony

Ancestry of “ceremonies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishceremonyA ritual, with religious or cultural...
2Middle EnglishcerymonyeA religious or spiritual ritual or ceremony; The...
3Latincaerimōnia—
Every word from Latin caerimōnia →