Latin word maritus comes from Proto-Indo-European *meryo, Proto-Indo-European *meryos, and later Latin -culus (; added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*meryo | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*meryos | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
-culus | Latin (lat) | ; added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun. |
maritus | Latin (lat) | Marital, matrimonial, conjugal (of animals) male. (poetic) lover. Husband, married man. |