Etymograph

English

domine

Domine comes from Latin dominus ‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *dom-o/u-nos ‘of the house’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dom-o/u-nos‘of the house’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdominus‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’
  3. Englishtodaydomine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dom-o/u-nos‘of the house’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdominus‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’
  3. Englishtodaydomine

Linked words

through Latin dominus ‘master, owner, possessor, proprietor’

do, danger, dan, don, dame, domain, donna, dungeon, damsel, 14 more

Today it means

noun Lord; master.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dom-o/u-nos / domine

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