prenuptial agreement

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.
    — Not so long ago, prenuptial agreements raised eyebrows. What hope was there for a marriage, the thinking went, if even before the wedding the couple were specifying who gets what in case of divorce?

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Etymology tree
English prenuptial
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Old French a-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós
Proto-Italic *gʷrātos
Latin grātus
Latin grātumder.
Old French gré
Old French agreer
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -ment
Old French agrementbor.
Middle English agrement
English agreement
English prenuptial agreement
From prenuptial + agreement.
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