Etymograph

English

maritage

Maritage comes from Medieval Latin marītāgium ‘marriage (wedlock)’, from Latin marītō ‘marry, wed’, and ultimately from marītus ‘of or relating to marriage’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘of or relating to marriage’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītō‘marry, wed’
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500marītāgium‘marriage (wedlock)’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1879maritage

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘of or relating to marriage’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītō‘marry, wed’
  3. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500marītāgium‘marriage (wedlock)’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1879maritage

Earliest quotation: 1879, Rerum Britannicarum Medii Ævi Scriptores: “And they may sell the wardship of the lands,…”

Linked words

through Latin mās ‘male, a male’

male, masculine, masculinity, macho, machismo, 8 more

through Latin marītus ‘of or relating to marriage’

marry, 5 more

through Latin marītō ‘marry, wed’

married, marriage, 1 more

Today it means

noun The right of the lord of the fee to dispose of the heiress, later also of the male heir, in marriage.

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

Etymograph / Latin marītus / maritage

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