Etymology

nuptial

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage. Full definition →

Latin nūptiālis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromnūptiālis“pertaining to marriage”
  2. English todaynuptial

Borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”), from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”).

Words from the same roots

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