Etymology

subarrhation

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Today it means: The ancient custom of betrothal by gift of pledges. Full definition →

Latin sub
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsub“under”
  2. English todaysubarrhation

From Latin sub (“under”) and arrha (“deposit, pledge”).

Words from the same roots

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