Where does “domesticated” come from?
Domesticated comes from English domestic, from Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, an adjective formed from Latin domus (house) plus the Proto-Indo-European suffix -kos, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European dṓm (house).
domesticated (English): simple past tense and past participle of...
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Ancestry of “domesticated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | domesticate | To make domestic; To make fit for domestic life;... |
| 2 | English | -ate | having the specified thing; characterized by the... |
| 3 | English | -cy | Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | -cie | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tia | office, rank |
| 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 |
Words derived from “domesticated”