spouse: [12] A spouse is etymologically someone who has made a ‘promise’ to another – in this case, of marriage. The word comes via Old French spous, spouse from Latin spōnsus ‘bridegroom’ and spōnsa ‘bride’, noun uses of the past participle of spondēre ‘promise solemnly, betroth’ (source of English despondent and sponsor). => sponsor
spouse (n.)
c. 1200, "a married person, either one of a married pair, but especially a married woman in relation to her husband," also "Christ or God as the spiritual husband of the soul, the church, etc.," also "marriage, the wedded state," from Old French spous (fem. spouse) "marriage partner," variant of espous/espouse (Modern French épous/épouse), from Latin sponsus "bridegroom" (fem. sponsa "bride"), literally "betrothed," from masc. and fem. past participle of spondere "to bind oneself, promise solemnly," from PIE *spend- "to make an offering, perform a rite" (see spondee). Spouse-breach (early 13c.) was an old name for "adultery."
例文
1. Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.
彼女の配偶者は日曜日に彼女に会いに来る。
2.It is often helpful to have your spouse in the room when major news is expected.
重大なメッセージを待つときは配偶者がいることが望ましい。
3.Her father is an ultra-conservative who is still opposed to freedom to choose her spouse .
彼女の父は骨董品で、今でも自由恋愛に反対している。
4.There are those who regard him as the uxorious spouse of a beautiful wife.
美貌の妻をかわいがる夫だと考える人もいる。
5.Bertha would eventually become the dutiful and submissive spouse .