English
a vinculo matrimonii
A vinculo matrimonii comes from Latin a vinculo matrimonii ‘from the bond of marriage’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEa vinculo matrimonii‘from the bond of marriage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1741same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEa vinculo matrimonii‘from the bond of marriage’
- Englishearliest quotation 1741same form
Earliest quotation: 1741, Divorce: “The woman divorced a vinculo matrimonii, receives again all…”
Every English word from Latin a vinculo matrimonii
Today it means
adj Describing an absolute divorce, after which the parties may remarry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin a vinculo matrimonii / a vinculo matrimonii