The Scots Middle English spelling brydegrome stabilizes as modern bridegroom.
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bridegroom
a man about to be or recently married
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English Scots · folk remodeled marrying manbrydegrome
bridegroom
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The marrying-man meaning continues after the compound is reinterpreted.
The modern form is recorded from 1525.
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Bridegroom — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology and First Known Use: brydegrome; 1525
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