Where does “espousaille” come from?
espousaille (Middle English) comes from Old French espousailles, from Latin sponsalia, from Latin sponsalis, from Latin sponsa, from Latin sponsus, from Latin spondeo, from Proto-Italic spondeō, from Proto-Indo-European spondéyeti — to libate.
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Words derived from “espousaille”