s 1 p 3 o 1 u 1 s 1 e 1
6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person's partner in marriage
originFrom Middle English spous, spouse, from Anglo-Norman espus m, espuse f and Old French espos m, espose f and by aphesis from Latin spōnsus m (“bridegroom”), spōnsa f (“bride”), from spondeō (“to vow, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-. Displaced native Old English ġemaca. Related to espouse and sponsor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0