köken: From Middle High German briutegome, from Old High German brūtigomo, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô. The modern -i- (from Middle High German -e-) is due to palatisation before -g-, which has been pronounced as a fricative in many dialects. The -a- is a northern variant first attested in Middle Low German brǖdegam and northern Middle High German brūdegame. Further cognate with Dutch bruidegom,…
bridegroom, groom, husband (when in reference to the wedding day or the period of time immediately after the wedding) · bride and bridegroom, newlyweds
bridegroom · husband (in the early years of marriage) · the husband of one's younger female blood relative; son-in-law, younger brother-in-law, younger cousin-in-law, etc.
çekim: çoğul күйеулер · tamlayan күйеудің
köken: From Kipchak كویاگو (küyägü), from Proto-Turkic *küdegü (“young husband; son-in-law”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (küdägü), Old Uyghur [script needed] (küdägü, “son-in-law”); Uzbek kuyov, Turkmen giýew, Ottoman Turkish گویگو (güveğü, güvey), گویگی (güveği, güvey), Khakas кізӧ (kìzö), Yakut күтүөт (kütüöt, “bridegroom; husband of one's younger female relative”).
bridegroom · husband (in the early years of marriage) · the husband of one's younger female blood relative; son-in-law, younger brother-in-law, younger cousin-in-law, etc.
çekim: çoğul кейәүҙәр · tamlayan кейәүҙең
köken: From Proto-Turkic *küdegü (“young husband; son-in-law”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (küdägü), Old Uyghur [script needed] (küdägü, “son-in-law”); Uzbek kuyov, Turkmen giýew, Ottoman Turkish گویگو (güvegü), گویگی (güvegi), Khakas кізӧ (kìzö), Yakut күтүөт (kütüöt, “bridegroom; husband of one's younger female relative”).
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek γαμπρός (gamprós), form of γαμβρός (gambrós), from Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.
groom, bridegroom (a man on his wedding day, just before it or a short time after it)
çekim: çoğul brudgummar · tamlayan brudgums
köken: From Old Swedish brūþgumi, from Old Norse brúðgumi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô. Compare Danish and Norwegian brudgom, Icelandic brúðgumi, Faroese brúðgómur.
the monarch of a state or a principality: prince, king, duke · a royal title: prince, duke, etc. · groom, bridegroom
çekim: çoğul кня́зі · tamlayan кня́зя
köken: Inherited from Middle Ukrainian князь m (knjazʹ, “a prince”), кнѧ́зь m (knjázʹ), from Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *kъ̏nędzь m (“a prince”). Doublet of ксьондз (ksʹondz) and кінг (kinh).
köken: Inherited from Latin mīles (“soldier”). The original sense of soldier is still attested in some Christmas carols. The semantic evolution originates in Roman law, which granted soldiers the right to marry only upon their release from service as veterans (see also: bătrân). Consequently, once married, a man was no longer a miles. It is less likely that the sense of bridegroom arose as a semantic…