Origin: Latin suffix -al
Marital has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
of or relating to the state of marriage
"marital status"
"marital fidelity"
"married bliss"
Pertaining to marriage.
"The marital certificate was signed by both partners on their wedding day."
The word entered English via Middle French as a derivative of the Latin marītālis, which was formed from marītus meaning "husband." It originally described things related to or belonging to a husband.