Connubial meaning
An example of connubial is the relationship between a woman and her husband.
Origin of connubial
- Latin cōnūbiālis from cōnūbium marriage com- com- nūbere to marry
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 1650s, from Latin connūbiālis, from connūbium (“marriage, wedlock”) (variants of cōnūbiālis (“pertaining to wedlock”), from cōnūbium (“marriage, wedlock”)) from com- (“together”) (English com-) + nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”) (from which nubile) from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho- (“to marry, to wed”).
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