- spousal (adj.)
- 1510s, "pertaining to marriage," from spouse (n.) + -al (1).
- spousal (n.)
- c. 1300, "a wedding ceremony, action of marrying; wedlock, condition of being espoused," from Anglo-French spousaille, Old French esposaille (see espousal). Earlier was spousage "marriage, wedlock" (mid-14c.).