Intermarry
/ˌɪntərˈmæri/noun
To marry people from different families, groups, or races; especially to marry someone from another group.
Did you know?Intermarry is built from Latin inter- (“between”) plus marry, and its history reflects how marriage was once treated as a strategic bond between lineages, kingdoms, and social worlds.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*enter
“between, among”
Latin
Latin
inter
“between, among”
Old French
Old French
marier
“to marry, give in marriage”
Middle English
English
intermari(en)
“to marry among or between groups”
Modern English
English
intermarry
“to marry people from different families, groups, or communities”
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