Where does “matrimonial” come from?

Matrimonial comes from Middle French matrimonial, meaning relating to marriage or the married state.

matrimonial (English): Of, or having to do with matrimony and marriage;...

Definitions

  1. Of, or having to do with matrimony and marriage;...

Ancestry of “matrimonial”, step by step

matrimonial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English matrimony

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmatrimonyMarriage; the state of being married; The...
2Old Frenchmatremoine
3Latinmātrimōniummarriage, matrimony, wedlock
4Latin-moniumForms collective nouns and nouns designating...
5Proto-Indo-European-monyom
6Proto-Indo-European-mōCreates agent nouns from verbs

via Middle French matrimonial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmatrimonial

Words derived from “matrimonial

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mōEvery word from Latin -moniumEvery word from Latin mātrimōnium
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