Added 9 October 2026
wife
/wæf/ noun
In Latin: uxor, nupta, femina Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wife at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
Inherited from Middle English wyf, wif, from Old English wīf (“woman, wife”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą (“woman; wife”).
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