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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
1Latinrītuālis—
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “ritual”

  • ritualistic
  • ritually
  • ritualism
  • ritualization
  • ritualist
  • ritualistically
  • ritualize
  • ritualisation
  • rituality
  • nonritual
  • ritualise
  • nonritualistic
  • antiritualism
  • antiritualistic
  • unritualistic
  • postritual
  • semiritualistic
  • ritualizable
  • pseudoritualistic
  • bi-ritual
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