Where does “Initiationszeremonie” come from?

Initiationszeremonie (German) comes from German Zeremonie, from Middle Dutch cerimonie, from Middle French ceremonie, from Latin caerimonia — religious ceremony, ritual; sacredness, sanctity;...

Initiationszeremonie (German): initiation ceremony

Definitions

  1. initiation ceremony

Ancestry of “Initiationszeremonie”, step by step

Initiationszeremonie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zeremonie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeremonieceremony
2Middle Dutchcerimonie
3Middle Frenchceremonieceremony
4Latincaerimoniareligious ceremony, ritual; sacredness, sanctity;...

via German Initiation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInitiationinitiation
Every word from Latin caerimoniaEvery word from Middle French ceremonieEvery word from Middle Dutch cerimonie