mari French · revision 16436

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1145, Wace, Conception Notre-Dame|origins=la marītus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ma.ʁi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mari''' ''m'' (plural maris)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la|marītus|t=husband]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|6/1, 355b)^(Wiktionary) The Latin word was first an adjective in farming, “joined”, of a tree to which a vine was trained, then “conjugal”; as a noun it displaced [[m|la|vir|t=man]] in the sense “husband” and was also used of male animals.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) It is usually derived from [[m|la|mās|t=male]] (see [[mâle]]), but Rey holds that the two are unrelated in origin, “marītus” belonging to a family of words for young people of marriageable age, such as [[lt|marti|t=bride]] and [[sa|मर्य|tr=márya|t=young man]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ Cognate with [[it|marito]], [[oc|marit]], [[ca|marit]], [[es|marido]] and [[pt|marido]].^(REW 1935)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found about 1145 in Wace's ''Conception Notre-Dame'', in ''prendre mari'' “to marry”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its meaning has not changed, though its connotations have followed the social meaning of marriage.^(DHLF 1992) In popular French it is often replaced by ''homme'' (''mon homme''), and in the west by ''bonhomme''; the word is absent from the dialects of southern Italy and northern France.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(REW 1935) Palsgrave noted that Parisians pronounced it ''mazi'' in the 16th century.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1145 – ''Prendre mari'' in Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 16th century – The Parisian pronunciation ''mazi'', noted by Palsgrave.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|husband]]: ''son mari'', ''prendre mari''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mariage]]

+ * [[marier]]

+ * [[marital]]

+ * [[la|marītus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate, feminine ''mari'' is a clipping of ''marijuana''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}