rite
English
/ɹaɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A religious custom.
- (by extension) A prescribed behavior.
Etymology
Derived from Latin ritus.
Origin
Latin
ritus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bed English
- bedrite English
- riteless English
- ritelessness English
- ritely English
- ritus Latin
- ritus Dutch, Flemish
- rite French
- *h₂er-, *h₂rey- Proto-Indo-European
- rit Swedish