a wedding notice arrived in the mail, and i am thinking about wedding words..
Nuptial-- the past part. of the latin nubere, to marry: (the root word comes into english as NUBILE)

but Wed, goes back to back to OE, weddian to pledge, to engage, and weddian seem to go back to an IE base of *wadh, to pledge, to redeem a pledge.(didn't look it up, but i wonder what other words share this root.)

but there is also Marry, and expressions like tie the knot and less savory ones a ball and chain!

As old and as vernerated a tradition as marriage, must have more words... and then there are all the ancillary words, like bride and groom, and troth...

and should efforts fail, there is always D-I-V-O-R-C-E


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