Nuptials
/ˈnʌp.ʃəlz/noun
A marriage ceremony or wedding.
Did you know?Nuptials comes from Latin nuptiae, the formal wedding ceremony, which is tied to nubere, meaning “to marry” and originally “to veil oneself,” linking marriage to a sacred covering rite.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sneubh-
“to marry, wed”
Latin
Latin
nubere
“to marry; originally, to veil oneself”
Latin
Latin
nuptiae
“wedding, marriage ceremony”
Old French
OF
noce
“wedding, marriage feast”
Middle English
English
nuptials
“wedding ceremonies”
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