English
marry
Marry comes from Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītō ‘to wed’, from marītus ‘husband’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmās‘man, male’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘husband, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītō‘to wed’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400marïer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500marien‘to marry’
- Englishearliest quotation 1526marry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmās‘man, male’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītus‘husband, suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmarītō‘to wed’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400marïer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500marien‘to marry’
- Englishearliest quotation 1526marry
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “THe kyngdom̃ of hevẽ is lyke vnto a certayne…”
Linked words
through Latin mās ‘man, male’
male, masculine, masculinity, macho, machismo, 8 more
through Latin marītus ‘husband, suitor’
through Middle English marien ‘to marry’
Today it means
verb To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mās / marry