nuptialyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[nuptial 词源字典]
nuptial: see nubile
[nuptial etymology, nuptial origin, 英语词源]
nuptial (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 15c., from Middle French nuptial, or directly from Latin nuptialis "pertaining to marriage," from nuptiae "wedding," from nupta, fem. past participle of nubere "to marry, wed, take as a husband," related to Greek nymphe "bride," from PIE *sneubh- "to marry, wed" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic snubiti "to love, woo," Czech snoubiti "to seek in marriage," Slovak zasnubit "to betroth"). Related: Nuptially.