connubial

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*snewbʰ-“to marry, to wed”
2. Latin · borrowed fromconnūbiālis
3. English todayconnubial

1650s, from Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiālis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from cōnūbium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile) from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”).

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