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Husband

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a married man, in relation to his spouse
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Stage 1 of 2
husbondi
Old Norse · medieval
"the master of a household"
literally house dweller, from hus (house) and bondi (dweller, farmer)
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Stage 2 of 2
husband
English · 1200s
"a married man"
narrowed over time to mean specifically a married man
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