nuptials

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sneubho-
2. Latin · borrowed fromnūptiālis“pertaining to marriage”
3. English todaynuptials

From nuptial, borrowed from Latin nūptiālis (“pertaining to marriage”), from nūptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from nūpta, from nūbō (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewbʰ- (“to marry, wed”). Cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from mid 16th c. A wedding ceremony.