Where does “domesticate” come from?
Domesticate comes from Middle French domestiquer, from Latin domesticus meaning of the house, derived from Latin domus house, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dṓm.
domesticate (English): To make domestic; To make fit for domestic life;...
Definitions
- To make domestic; To make fit for domestic life;...
Ancestry of “domesticate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ate | having the specified thing; characterized by the... |
| 2 | English | -cy | Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | -cie | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tia | office, rank |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
Words derived from “domesticate”
- domesticated
- domestication
- undomesticated
- nondomesticated
- semidomesticated
- domesticator
- semidomestication
- domesticatable
- undomesticatable
- undomesticate
- predomestication
- overdomesticate
- redomesticate
- codomestication
- dedomestication
- domesticatedness
- geodomestication
- neodomestication
- overdomestication
- peridomestication
- postdomestication
- predomesticated
- self-domestication
- undomestication