Nuptiality
/ˌnʌpʃiˈælɪti/noun
The state or condition of being married, especially as a demographic measure of marriage rates.
Did you know?Nuptiality comes from the same Latin root as *nuptial* and ultimately from *nubere*, “to marry,” originally linked to the bride’s veiling ritual, not a mystical spell.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sneubh-
“to marry, wed”
Latin
Latin
nubere
“to marry; originally, to cover or veil oneself as a bride”
Latin
Latin
nuptiae
“wedding, marriage ceremony”
Late Latin
Latin
nuptialis
“pertaining to marriage or weddings”
18th–19th Century
English
nuptiality
“the state or condition of being married; marriage frequency in a population”