Where does “marriage” come from?
Marriage derives from Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, combining Old French -age with Latin marito, from Latin maritus meaning "married," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European meryo with the suffix -icus and -kos.
marriage (English): The state of being married; A union of two or...
Definitions
- The state of being married; A union of two or...
Ancestry of “marriage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mariage | marriage |
| 2 | Old French | mariage | marriage; wedding |
| 3 | Old French | marier | to marry; to get married |
| 4 | Latin | marītō | to marry, wed |
| 5 | Latin | marītus | marital, matrimonial, conjugal |
| 6 | Latin | mās | male |
| 7 | Proto-Nuristani | *māsa | moon |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mā́Has | moon; month |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mḗh₁n̥s | moon; month |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |
Words derived from “marriage”
- intermarriage
- remarriage
- marriageable
- unmarriageable
- marriageability
- outmarriage
- premarriage
- nonmarriage
- antimarriage
- postmarriage
- marriagelike
- unmarriage
- inmarriage
- mismarriage
- marriageableness
- marriageless
- nonmarriageable
- marriageably
- unmarriageableness
- intermarriageable
- levirate marriage
- maarit
- shotgun marriage
- cybermarriage