Etymograph

English

extramarriage

From extra- + marriage.

Formed from extra- + marriage

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘being on the outside’

Latin extrā ‘outside, except, beyond’

English extra-

Latin marītus ‘lover; nuptial’

Latin marītō ‘to marry’

Old French marier ‘to marry’

Old French mariage ‘marriage’

Middle English mariage

English marriage

Today it means

noun Marriage outside one’s own social group; exogamy.

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

Etymograph / extramarriage