Wasn't husband originally a verb that got itself nouned? -M On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Roger Stokes < roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote: > The Oxford English Dictionary records "father" being used as a verb in > 1483 in the sense of begetting (procreation) and 1548 as the originator of > something else. >