Where does “ride” come from?

ride (Italian) comes from Italian ridere, from Late Latin rīdo, from Latin rīdeō — to laugh.

ride (Italian): third-person singular indicative present of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular indicative present of...

Ancestry of “ride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianridereto laugh; to laugh at
2Late Latinrīdo—
3Latinrīdeōto laugh
Every word from Latin rīdeō →Every word from Late Latin rīdo →Every word from Italian ridere →