Where does “ritual” come from?

Ritual comes from Latin ritualis, formed with the Latin suffix -alis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -li-.

ritual (English): Related to a rite or repeated set of actions;...

Definitions

  1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions;...

Ancestry of “ritual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrītuālisritual, relating to religious rites
2Latin-ālis
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “ritual

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis