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
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.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：rite 词源，rite 含义。
