English

ex-husband

From ex- + husband.

A compound of ex- + husband

Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-

Latin ex ‘out of, from’

English ex-

Old English hūsbonda ‘master of the house’

Middle English husbonde ‘a husband’

Today it means

noun A former husband (from a previous marriage after a divorce).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ex-husband