English
marriage
Marriage comes from Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, from marier ‘to marry’, from Latin marītō, from marītus ‘husband’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘lover; nuptial’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītō‘to marry’literally ‘give in marriage’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400marier‘to marry’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400mariage‘marriage’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mariage
- Englishearliest quotation 1936marriage
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘lover; nuptial’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītō‘to marry’literally ‘give in marriage’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400marier‘to marry’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400mariage‘marriage’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mariage
- Englishearliest quotation 1936marriage
Earliest quotation: 1936, Dale Carnegie, Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE: “I have a patient right now whose marriage proved…”
Formed from marry + -age
Latin mās ‘man, male’
Latin marītus ‘husband, suitor’
Latin marītō ‘to wed’
Anglo-Norman marïer
Middle English marien ‘to marry’
English marry
Linked words
through Latin mas ‘male, masculine, of the male sex’
male, masculine, masculinity, macho, machismo, 9 more
through Latin marītus ‘husband, married man’
Today it means
noun The state of being married.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin marītus / marriage