Etymograph

English

domiciliary

Domiciliary comes from Latin domicilium ‘dwelling’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdomicilium‘dwelling’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500domiciliārius
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600domiciliaire
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1856domiciliary

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdomicilium‘dwelling’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500domiciliārius
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600domiciliaire
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1856domiciliary

Earliest quotation: 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […]: “the personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen were…”

Every English word from Latin domicilium

Today it means

noun A person who legally resides in a particular place.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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