Gamos
/ˈɡæmɒs/noun
A Greek word meaning marriage or wedding.
Did you know?In ancient Greek, gamos could refer not just to a marriage but to the wedding rite itself, and it survives in modern scientific terms like monogamy and polygamy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰem-
“to marry, take a wife”
Ancient Greek
Greek
γάμος (gámos)
“marriage, wedding”
Ancient Greek
Greek
γαμεῖν (gameîn)
“to marry”
Latin
Latin
gamus / -gamia
“used in learned borrowings to form terms relating to marriage”
Modern English
English
gamos
“a learned borrowing used in scientific and technical compounds meaning marriage or union”