Etymology

wedding

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Today it means: A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage. Full definition →

Middle English wedding ← Old English weddung
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wedding · noun, verb1

  1. Old English · inherited fromweddung“betrothal, espousal”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwedding
  3. English todaywedding

From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.

wedding · verb2

A conversion of wedding (noun) to a verb.

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