Where does “Dominguez” come from?
Dominguez derives from Spanish -ez, a patronymic suffix from Latin -ities, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ via Latin -ia and Ancient Greek -ία, based on Latin Dominus meaning master or lord.
Ancestry of “Dominguez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Domínguez | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Domingo | Dominic |
| 3 | Old Spanish | Domingos | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | Dominicus | — |
| 5 | Latin | Dominicus | ’s works}} of belonging to a lord master |
| 6 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 7 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |