Uxor
/ˈʌk.sɔːr/noun
A wife, especially in formal, legal, or historical usage.
Did you know?Latin uxor was the source of later English terms such as uxorious, meaning excessively devoted to one’s wife, but the original Latin word’s deeper origin remains disputed.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
uxor
“Wife; married woman”
Late Latin
Latin
uxor
“Wife or spouse, retained in legal and ecclesiastical writing”
Medieval Latin
Latin
uxor
“A wife, especially in formal documentary language”
17th Century
English
uxorious
“Excessively devoted to or submissive toward one’s wife”
19th Century
English
uxor
“A formal or historical term for a wife”
Modern English
English
uxor
“A rare legal, historical, or scholarly word meaning wife”
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