From nuptial, borrowed from Latin nūptiālis ("pertaining to marriage"), from nūptiae (also plural only), from nūpta, from nūbō, from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewbʰ-.
The word is cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.
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