Where does “Boerdom” come from?
Boerdom (English) comes from English DOM, from English dominance, from English -ance, from Middle English -aunce, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Boerdom (English): The realm or sphere of the Boers
Definitions
- The realm or sphere of the Boers
Ancestry of “Boerdom”, step by step
Boerdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English Boer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Boer | A Dutch colonist in South Africa, or one of their... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | Boer | A Boer; an Afrikaner, especially an inhabitant or... |
| 3 | Dutch | Boer | a (male) farmer, peasant |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bure | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | būr | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *būr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | būraz | room, chamber; dwelling, residence; dweller,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |