Just browsing through the Webster’s College, I noticed that the word “marriage” implies something to do with the feminine side (of geneaolgy, that is). If a girl gets married, why can’t a guy get parried?
Matrimony is a word; patrimony is also a word.
Marriage is a word, but parriage is not.
“Patrimony” implies some sort of decendence through the male line, --such as, in a marriage, the last name.
I don’t get it.
?What specifically implies an emphasis on the feminine side in a marriage? - MC
marriage comes ultimately from maritus, meaning “married man or husband”. The origin of maritus is unclear, but could be linked to mari, a young woman, as in being provided with said woman.
patrimony = the inheritance from the father (which was usually a heck of a lot more important than a matrimony). So matrimony, the creation of “a mother in the household” became just that.
Personally, it all boils down to we women being merely possessions an’ brood mares. It’s emphasised ‘cause we’re assets, MC. An’ some of us have way more assets than others …
Imagine you are a successful Motown singer with eight other siblings. You have a rare skin disease, which makes you get plastic surgery until you look kind of like your sister Janet. Now you can look good too! But what if you would prefer to look like Krusty’s half-brother Luke Perry? You need to get Perried before you can get Perrier. I’m just going to pretend that made sense.
