John Garrison on Nostr: The words "wife," "husband," and "spouse" provide an illustrative example of how ...
The words "wife," "husband," and "spouse" provide an illustrative example of how mixed English word origins are.
"Wife" is of Germanic origin, "husband" is of Norse origin, and "spouse" is of French origin.
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