époux
French
noun
Definitions
- spouse
- male spouse, husband
Etymology
Inherited from Old French espos inherited from Latin spōnsus (bridegroom, betrothed, fianc).
Origin
Latin
spōnsus
Gloss
bridegroom, betrothed, fianc
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bespouse English
- housespouse English
- spousal English
- spouse English
- spousebreach English
- spousedom English
- spousehood English
- spouseless English
- spousely English
- spousess English
- spouseware English
- spōnsus Latin
- sposo Italian
- coesposo Spanish, Castilian
- esposo Spanish, Castilian
- *spend- Proto-Indo-European
- esposo Portuguese
- espos Old French
- espòs Catalan, Valencian
- esposo Old Portuguese
- esposu Asturian
- spôs Friulian
- pósaid Middle Irish
- spóxo Venetian
- espus xno