English
et ux.
Et ux. comes from Latin et uxor ‘and the wife’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEet uxor‘and the wife’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885et ux.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEet uxor‘and the wife’
- Englishearliest quotation 1885et ux.
Earliest quotation: 1885, Real Estate Transfers: “Sept. 9. George Stanwood et ux. of Boston, to…”
Every English word from Latin et uxor
Today it means
phrase "and wife", or "and his wife"
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin et uxor / et ux.