wed

Signification (English)

1. To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
2. To take as one's spouse.
3. To take a spouse.
4. To take each other as a spouse.
5. To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
6. To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
7. To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

Concepts

marier

épouser

se marier

marrier

unir

se marier avec

Synonyms

marry

get married

espouse

give in marriage

conjoin

wedded

splice

be married

get hitched with

join

married

match

spouse

tie

wive

get hitched

hook up with

dedicate

confer

betroth

tie the knot

unite

conjugate

inaugurate

Wednesday

marry a wife

hallow

marry a man

miter

ordain

ordinate

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɛd/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: wedden

Inherited from ancien anglais: weddian

Cognate with écossais: wed

Cognate with saterlandais: wädje

Cognate with frison occidental: wedzje

Cognate with sanskrit: वधू

In summary

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”).
Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.