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Where does “midnuptial” come from?

midnuptial (English) comes from English MID, from English mid-range, from English range, from Middle English rengen, from Old French rengier, from Old French reng, from Latin rencus, from Gaulish rekos — to set in order.

midnuptial (English): Occurring during marriage

Definitions

  1. Occurring during marriage

Ancestry of “midnuptial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMIDInitialism of mobile information device
2Englishmid-range—
3EnglishrangeA line or series of mountains, buildings, etc; A...
4Middle Englishrengen—
5Old Frenchrengierto line up; to form ranks
6Old Frenchrengplace; position
7Latinrencusrow; order, rank
8Gaulishrekos—
9Proto-Celticreketito arrange
10Proto-Indo-European(H)rek-to set in order
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