KOWTOW  , or KoTou, the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese ceremonial See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of prostration as a sign of See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage, submission, or See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship . The word is formed from ko, knock, and iou, See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head . To the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, the " kowtow " is performed by kneeling three times, each act accompanied by touching the ground with the forehead .