English
marital
Marital comes from Latin marītālis ‘matrimonial, nuptial, marital, conjugal’, and goes back to marītus ‘husband’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘husband’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītālis‘matrimonial, nuptial, marital, conjugal’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marital
- Englishtodaymarital
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘husband’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītālis‘matrimonial, nuptial, marital, conjugal’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600marital
- Englishtodaymarital
Linked words
through Latin mās ‘male, a male’
male, masculine, masculinity, macho, machismo, 8 more
through Latin marītus ‘husband’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to marriage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin marītus / marital