rire etymology

French word rire comes from Latin rideo, and later Latin *rido ((Vulgar Latin) I laugh.)

Detailed word origin of rire

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
rideo Latin (lat) (intransitive) I laugh.. (transitive) I laugh at, ridicule, mock.
*rido Latin (lat) (Vulgar Latin) I laugh.
rire Old French (fro) To laugh.
rire Middle French (frm) To laugh.
rire French (fra) To laugh (de at, about) Laugh.

Words with the same origin as rire

Descendants of rideo
arriser ridicule rieur rigolo riocher ris risette risible risée riz riz blanc riz cargo riz complet riz étuvé sardonique sourire sourrire