rite的词源

英文词源

rite (n.)

early 14c., from Latin ritus "religious observance or ceremony, custom, usage," perhaps from PIE root *re(i)- "to count, number" (cognates: Greek arithmos "number," Old English rim "number;" see read (v.)). Rite of passage (1909) is translated from French rite de passage, coined by French anthropologist Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957).

中文词源

rite：仪式，典礼

来自拉丁语 ritus,宗教仪式，习惯，习俗，可能来自 PIE*rei,思考，劝告，词源同 rate,read,reason.

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