Where does “espousen” come from?
espousen (Middle English) comes from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsō, from Latin spōnsus, from Latin spondeō, from Proto-Italic spondeō, from Proto-Indo-European spondéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European spend- — to libate.
Ancestry of “espousen”, step by step
Words derived from “espousen”