nubile

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*snewbʰ-“to marry, to wed”
2. Latin · derived fromnūbilis“marriageable”
3. French · borrowed fromnubile
4. English todaynubile

From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.

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