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dominion

/dəˈmɪnjən/duh-MIN-yuhn
/dəˈmɪnjən/duh-MIN-yuhn

Meaninglordship

Common meaning: rule

Other meanings: a territory ruled

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAM‘tame’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 150, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latindominus‘master of a house, lord’
  3. Englishdominion‘rule’ · today

domin also in: dominantdomain

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin dominus ‘master of a house, lord’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry dominus, p. 151 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DAMSEL, p. 151 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • dominus Latin “master of a house, lord”

Related words

damseldomaindominantdomino

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