Etymology of the French word mariage
the Old French word
mariagederived from the Old French word
marierderived from the Latin word
maritare (marry, give in marriage)
derived from the Latin word
maritus (husband, married man; lover; nuptial; of marriage; married)
derived from the Latin word
mas (male; male; masculine, of the male sex)
Date
The earliest known usage of mariage in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
intermariage,
remariageDerivations in other languages
American-Spanish
mariachi, English
marriage, Romanian
mariaj, Spanish
mariachiCognates
Italian
maritagio, Provençal
maridatge, Spanish
maridageUsage
Word found in Old French
