Where does “ridule” come from?
ridule (French) comes from French ride, from French rider, from English ride, from Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
ridule (French): little wrinkle
Ancestry of “ridule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ride | wrinkle, line; ripple; ridge |
| 2 | French | rider | to wrinkle; to ride |
| 3 | English | ride | To transport oneself by sitting on and directing... |
| 4 | Middle English | riden | To ride on a mount; to move on an animal; To use... |
| 5 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |