spouse
English
/spaʊs/
noun
Definitions
- A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
Etymology
Borrowed from espus borrowed from Old French espos derived from Latin spōnsus (bridegroom, betrothed, fianc) derived from Proto-Indo-European *spend- (libate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*spend-
Gloss
libate
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bespouse English
- breach English
- house English
- housespouse English
- interspousal English
- spousal English
- spousally English
- spousebreach English
- spousedom English
- spousehood English
- spouseless English
- spouselessness English
- spousely English
- spousess English
- spouseware English
- spōnsus Latin
- spōnsāre Latin
- sposo Italian
- époux French
- esposo Spanish, Castilian
- σπένδω Ancient Greek
- σπονδή Ancient Greek
- *spe-spónd-e Proto-Indo-European
- *spend- Proto-Indo-European
- *spondéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *bispusen Middle English
- spousehode Middle English
- espos Old French
- espòs Catalan, Valencian
- esposo Old Portuguese
- esposu Asturian
- spôs Friulian
- pósaid Middle Irish
- spóxo Venetian
- espus xno