Where does “espouser” come from?

espouser (Middle French) 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.

espouser (Middle French): to marry

Definitions

  1. to marry

Ancestry of “espouser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchespouserto marry
2Latinspōnsōto betroth
3Latinspōnsusa groom
4Latinspondeōto promise, bind or pledge oneself, contract, vow
5Proto-Italicspondeōto promise, to pledge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspondéyeti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspend-to libate

Words derived from “espouser”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spondéyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spondeō →