Where does “dominion” come from?
Dominion comes from Middle French dominion, from Medieval Latin dominio, originally meaning supreme authority or rule.
dominion (English): Power or the use of power; sovereignty over...
Definitions
- Power or the use of power; sovereignty over...
Ancestry of “dominion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dominion | — |
| 2 | Middle French | dominion | — |
| 3 | Latin | dominium | feast, banquet; rule, dominion; ownership |
| 4 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 5 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
Words derived from “dominion”