Where does “ritual” come from?

ritual (Romanian) comes from French rituel, from Latin rītuālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

ritual (Romanian): ritual

Definitions

  1. ritual

Ancestry of “ritual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrituelritual
2Latinrītuālisritual, relating to religious rites
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “ritual”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin rītuālis →
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