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spousal

Today it means: of or relating to marriage Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English spouse

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spousal · adjective¹

Englishspouse
Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
English todayspousal

From spouse + -al.

spousal · noun²

Anglo-Norman · derived from(e)
Old French · derived fromesposaille
Middle English · inherited fromspousaille
English todayspousal

From Middle English spousaille, from Old French esposaille, espousaille, espousalle, Anglo-Norman (e)spusaille, esposalie, sposale, spousaille.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.