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Where does “dominance” come from?

Dominance comes from French dominance, from Latin dominantia meaning the quality of dominating or ruling, derived from dominans.

dominance (English): The state of being dominant; of prime importance;...

Definitions

  1. The state of being dominant; of prime importance;...

Ancestry of “dominance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-anceAdded to an adjective or verb to form a noun...
2Middle English-aunce—
3Old French-ance-ance
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “dominance”

  • codominance
  • overdominance
  • underdominance
  • immunodominance
  • nondominance
  • pseudodominance
  • monodominance
  • subdominance
  • semidominance
  • antidominance
  • quasidominance
  • Eurodominance
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